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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Interfacing to a PCI card

« on: February 22, 2008, 09:58:55 PM »

Here you go the cheapest and easiest PLC ever!
http://cubloc.com/product/01_01cb405.php

I use it will mach3 through serial modbus and works perfect.  If you need help setting it up just ask.   

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General Mach Discussion / Re: My next retrofit

« on: February 22, 2008, 09:48:03 PM »

That is one big DC motor.   At least the cabinets are very clean!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: My next retrofit

« on: February 17, 2008, 11:31:39 PM »

You can get Kollmogan drives on eBay at good price when they come around,they can be programmed to run most motors even with resolver feedback.  They come in all sizes.

Maybe you should try the new dynomotion controller with the Mach plugin;
http://dynomotion.com/

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 and Xylotex

« on: February 17, 2008, 09:04:37 PM »

What microstep do you have it set to?   Going to 32v will for sure increase the speed.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: My next retrofit

« on: February 17, 2008, 05:34:14 PM »

Does the lathe have servo drives?  or are they gone.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 and Xylotex

« on: February 17, 2008, 05:04:19 PM »

You can get a lot of RPM but it all depends on how much load you will accel and deccel and how fast.   What is your machine setup?

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General Mach Discussion / Mach with Kmotion USB controller

« on: February 17, 2008, 04:27:45 PM »

Any one try this controller out yet:
http://dynomotion.com/
click on videos on the left then Mach plugin.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: kmotion

« on: February 17, 2008, 04:26:08 PM »

Now it can!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Urgent - Threading not real time

« on: February 12, 2008, 10:32:49 PM »

What size is the motor on your lathe?  It might be slowing down when you start cutting and mach doesn't correct in time.  Do you have tachometer on the spindle to make sure the speed is constant?

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General Mach Discussion / Max encoder counts through Pport?

« on: February 06, 2008, 11:22:24 PM »

Any one know what is the max reliable number of pulses per second through the parallel port for reading a encoder to have it show position in the Setting Tab (encoder DRO)?
Thanks