Bridgeport Series 1 control panel

[P.J.Harrington]

Here's some pictures of the control panel for my Bridgeport (Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures they were taken with my mobile phone). It's still a work in progress. The keypad is connected to a Audon KBE-98 keyboard encoder for the standard keys and an Ipac4 for the additional 33 keys( I will make a better overlay when I decide on what buttons are required). Feedrate/slowjog, Jog mode, Cycle start, Cycle Stop, and Feedhold are connected to a ModIO board. I intend to add a seperate pendant for a mpg and axis selection switch.  The Screen set still requires a bit of work and a few other minor issues need sorting out but I'm getting their!

[Chaoticone]

Looking good PJ,
     I would like to see more pictures of it, I will soon be putting my new cabinet together (I hope). Yes Hood, I said it.

Brett

[fdos]

From first impressions thats one of the best screensets I have seen yet.  Simple looking just as a CNC control should be!


Wayne....

[Brian Barker]

If you would like to post the screen set we can add it to the downloads page

It is VERY sweet!

[poppabear]

What screen designer did you use?  How did you add the "Page Tabs"?

very nice indeed,

Scott

[Hood]

Simple and clean, very nice. Do you have pics of the other pages?
Hood

[chl]

Very nice job
Chl

[fdos]

Actually looks kind of like a later Heidenhain TNC control.

Make it black background and amber text and boxes and you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart at a distance.

Was that what it was modelled on?

Wayne....

[DennisCNC]

Like it a lot!!!

[P.J.Harrington]

Brett, here's some more pictures showing the main cabinet, inside the control panel and under the overlay (so you can see there are keyswitches and I haven't just stuck some printed paper on  ). Scott, the screen has been created using the original screen designer and MS Paint for the bitmap's (The page tabs are just part of the bitmap back ground). Wayne, I was going to copy a Heidenhain TNC but that was beyond my skill level so have used them for inspiration! Brian, the screen set still requires alot of work before it's finished. I'm having a bit trouble getting the Userlabels to work using the following:

If GetLED( 1 ) = 1 Then
SetUserLabel( 1, "inch" )
End If

I'm obviously doing something wrong but can't seem to figure it out! I know the macropump is running because feedrate override etc all work. Any suggestion would be gratefully accepted 
PJ