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General CNC Chat => Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) => Topic started by: P.J.Harrington on April 06, 2007, 12:51:04 PM

Title: Bridgeport Series 1 control panel
Post by: P.J.Harrington on April 06, 2007, 12:51:04 PM

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!

Title: Re: Bridgeport Series 1 control panel
Post by: Chaoticone on April 06, 2007, 01:06:13 PM

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

Title: Re: Bridgeport Series 1 control panel
Post by: fdos on April 06, 2007, 07:31:57 PM

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


Wayne....

Title: Re: Bridgeport Series 1 control panel
Post by: Brian Barker on April 07, 2007, 09:28:10 AM

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

It is VERY sweet!

Title: Re: Bridgeport Series 1 control panel
Post by: poppabear on April 07, 2007, 10:23:39 AM

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

very nice indeed,

Scott

Title: Re: Bridgeport Series 1 control panel
Post by: Hood on April 07, 2007, 03:29:53 PM

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

Title: Re: Bridgeport Series 1 control panel
Post by: chl on April 07, 2007, 03:41:02 PM

Very nice job ;D
Chl

Title: Re: Bridgeport Series 1 control panel
Post by: fdos on April 07, 2007, 07:28:24 PM

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....

Title: Re: Bridgeport Series 1 control panel
Post by: DennisCNC on April 08, 2007, 11:36:40 AM

Like it a lot!!!

Title: Re: Bridgeport Series 1 control panel
Post by: P.J.Harrington on April 09, 2007, 08:47:58 AM

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