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Competitions / Re: ******Guess and win a G100 Grex******
« on: May 22, 2007, 10:57:46 AM »
I'll go with 2,906,323

Mario

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Has anyone looked into Tern controllers as a motion control solution? Any interest in creating a Mach plugin to work with Tern? They have some pretty interesting stuff. Their website is www.tern.com. They have a 4-axis expansion board here: http://www.tern.com/portal/content.asp?contentid=782. Would be nice to have an alternative to Gecko grex.

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General Mach Discussion / Mach control pendant switches
« on: March 28, 2007, 03:11:51 PM »
What type of switches do I need to do things like turn on coolant, switch axes for my mpg, and turn on/off other things in Mach? Can I use momentary switches or do I have to use continuous/toggle switches?

PS- my setup is G100 & Mach 3

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: What is up with my Grex/mach setup?
« on: March 11, 2007, 05:37:38 AM »
Actually, I did do that, just forgot to include it in my list of steps. Just to make sure, I went back and did everything again a few more times, including connecting to the Grex as you said. Still nothing. Any other ideas? I'm at a loss.

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: What is up with my Grex/mach setup?
« on: March 10, 2007, 05:52:04 PM »
I thought I was doing everything within the 10 sec window.Maybe I'm missing something?

These are the steps, right?

1. Take out DC power connector from Grex
2. Take out Ethernet connector
3. Take out USB connector
4. Open browser and put in the URL: http://192.168.0.2
5. Plug in USB connector
6. Plug in DC power connector
7. Click go on broswer within 10 secs
8. After trying for a few secs the browser comes back w/ cannot connect

Very frustrating!


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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: What is up with my Grex/mach setup?
« on: March 10, 2007, 03:59:57 PM »
I'm not sure I'm following you. I tried to connect via USB only (setup a network connection in WinXP USB->Com3). When I open this connection, I get a connected at 19.x bubble on my taskbar, but when I go to a browser to try and open the Grex, I still am getting the same unable to connect message. Did I get a hosed G100?

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Mach3 and G-Rex / What is up with my Grex/mach setup?
« on: March 10, 2007, 02:07:05 AM »
When I run Grex-Loader I find the G100, but when I hit Launch Firmware Loader, it doesn't connect. I was able to the first time - when I updated the firmware, but after the firmware was submitted, it has never been able to go beyond the Find Gecko stage.







Here's what I did: Uunpacked my new G100, hooked up a crossover Enet cable, USB cable, installed USB drivers per the Dummies document, ran Grex-Loader, clicked Find Gecko, G100 found, changed IP & subnet, found again, followed dummies doc to the point where it asked to load second firmware. Blam... never could get to the Launch Firmware Loader again. PS - tried both crossover and going through a linksys router using regular Cat5e. Even tried a different computer. No change. Powered on/off, red light goes on for about 10 secs (I changed it when I could get into the G100). Then it goes out, no LEDs lit.

Any ideas?

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Can I control my Gecko 201 drives with an automation direct (Koyo) DL05 or DL06 PLC?

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Has anyone ever tried to interface a Pelco CCTV keyboard to Mach? This seems like it wouldd be perfect as a pendant controller. It speaks ASCII, uses RS422 (and RS232 I think) interfacing, and it's pretty well documented. Model is KBD300A

http://reviews.cnet.com/Pelco_KBD300A_Keyboard_Controller/4505-6502_7-31303919.html

They show up on ebay often and are in heavy use in CCTV.

Spec sheet here: ftp://www.pelco.com/ProductSpecs/c527.PDF

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