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General Mach Discussion / I would like to talk to someone about doing program writing for Mach 3 mill

« on: November 27, 2007, 08:54:33 PM »

Mach 3 mill on a converted Bridgeport... mill & Mach 3 working fine.  I would like to talk to someone about doing some programing.  Taking AutoCad file to m codes.  They are not complex, we have lost our employee and need a little help.

Thank you

William Day
wld@framingsupplies.com

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Brains Development / Re: Connecting outputs to Mach 3???

« on: October 04, 2007, 08:57:49 PM »

Greetings Brian Barker

Thanks for the information.  I have looked at the Brains it is nice to know that is the "newest way to make outputs work"  I will study it further.  Also placing the buttons on the screens using screen 4.  I guess I'll burning some new brains myself.

Thanks for the help
wld99
William Day

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Brains Development / Connecting outputs to Mach 3???

« on: September 27, 2007, 10:00:27 PM »

We have almost competed a conversion of a Bridgeport mill - We have three axis working & we have the spindle going forward and reverse.  Hooray.  We are using Mach3, C11g brake out board (from cnc4pc) , Opto 22 relays, Gecko 320 drives.  In Mach 3 we have addressed the pins to the outputs from the pc to the C11g board.  We want to run the pneumatic speed control, pneumatic brake.  My question is how do we get Mach 3 to connect with the output information and actuate those out puts?  We know we am missing it.  Are we suppose to create buttons on Mach 3?  We sure would appreciate some help. Thanks


Best regards
wld99

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Conversion Bridgeport Mills

« on: June 19, 2007, 10:48:41 PM »

vmax549

Are using two boards on your one BP Boss with two parallel printer ports?

Thanks

William

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Conversion Bridgeport Mills

« on: June 19, 2007, 10:42:59 PM »

Greetings vmax549 

Thanks... more reading.

William

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Conversion Bridgeport Mills

« on: June 19, 2007, 10:41:32 PM »

Greetings DennisCNC

Thanks for the info... I will study the Pdf's

William

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Conversion Bridgeport Mills

« on: June 19, 2007, 08:57:22 PM »

Thanks Brett for your quick reply.  Today I gutted the first mill - took out the old power supplies, transformers, and printed boards.  The PC is on it's way to me.  I plan to work on it directly. 

I did get a positive response form Mr. Bob Campbell - Campbell Design



CC below
William,

In Mach3 the encoders always feed directly back to the drivers.

Our breakout boards passes the step and direction signals from Mach3 to the drivers.  We buffer the signals and then provide the current necessary to drive the optical isolators in most drivers.

Our breakout boards should support most drivers. We have a switch on board that allows us to support either common ground or common 5 volts going to the drivers.


Robert Colin Campbell
Bob Campbell Designs
www.Campbelldesigns.net
Mach 2/3 breakout boards
Relay boards
Spindle Speed boards
Stepper motors
Plasma Torch Height control

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General Mach Discussion / Conversion Bridgeport Mills

« on: June 19, 2007, 06:24:27 PM »

We have two 1988 Bridgeport mills that we want to convert using Mach 3 from Artsoft.

We did one conversion of a Bridgport using a product called CamSoft using a Galil pci card.  We don't think CamSoft is a good product for support.

My question is the Bridgeport mills use servo motors not steppers.  We will replace the power supplies (amps) AdvancedMotionControl

Will the Campbell Designs board work to control servo motors with quad encorders?  If no what breakout board would be the correct one.
 
Thanks

William Day