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General Mach Discussion / Converting a Shuttle Pro Mechanics

« on: September 23, 2010, 05:25:56 PM »

People seem to be happy with the Shuttle Pro, but I'd prefer a different mechanical package to make it easier to hold and change button layouts. Has anyone taken one apart to see if it can be repackaged?

I'd like to replace the buttons by tacking wires on to the pushbutton locations and using new buttons on a new housing. Can I make the width smaller?

Does anybody have a picture of the inside?

Thanks,

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General Mach Discussion / Acu-rite Glass Scale Position-Trac Coding

« on: September 23, 2010, 12:46:12 AM »

Has anyone used an Acu-Rite glass scale with the Position-Trac feature as a positioning system on Mach 3? Position-Trac encodes the absolute position of the axis into the reference output.

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Buying DSPMC - Why would I need Analog Inputs?

« on: September 13, 2010, 01:30:58 AM »

I'm about to buy a DSPMC. I have a Bridgeport mill with 3 axis motors/amplifiers waiting for a controller. I plan to start with the 3 axis and may expand to 4 axis. The motors are driven by +/-10V amplifiers.

There are two DSPMC; the cheaper has no analog input and the more expensive one has 8 analog input. I don't see any reason I would need analog inputs for this application, but before I buy, I want to be sure there isn't some future feature I may want to add that would require the analog inputs.

Are there any comments on why I might want to consider getting the analog input option?

Thanks,