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PoKeys / Re: How I made my pendant.

« on: April 25, 2010, 08:28:16 AM »

ie looking for 5 lines by 20 eg

Look in PoKeys manual pages 17-18, you can use two displays so add one with the extra lines you need.
I hope I have read correctly if not I am sure Boris will let us know what can be done.

Cheers Bengt

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PoKeys / Re: How I made my pendant.

« on: April 22, 2010, 12:12:35 PM »

eloid
Have a look in the PoKeys manual 6.13 and you will find the LCD used is standard HD44780 and these you can almost anywhere.
Same goes for Matrix keyboards, search Ebay for both items.
Cheers Bengt

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Works in progress / Re: Three Page Lathe Screen

« on: December 30, 2009, 12:32:38 PM »

Hi Phil,
Sorry to say it is only for *BIG* screens, my preference is to use small TFT's on lathe say 8" with TOUCH not using any kind of pen even with on-screen keyboard

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Works in progress / Re: All in one lathe screen (Beta)

« on: December 29, 2009, 11:59:30 AM »

Benjt, haven't seen one that small. You could make your own..several pages or use hoods with a stylus

This is the one I have running on my test bench with XP and 1024x768

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Works in progress / Re: All in one lathe screen (Beta)

« on: December 29, 2009, 11:01:16 AM »

Hi guys,

I am about to install 8"TFT with touch to my lathe, has anyone done simple Lathe screens usable with so small screen?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Brian's Emco Compact 5 Retro

« on: October 06, 2009, 01:12:02 PM »

Tak a look at the macro that guy is using, there you can see what port or ports he is using. Have you contacted him to get some pictures or can you see on the video how many slots there is. One is OK and do some math from that index. Look at the macro.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Brian's Emco Compact 5 Retro

« on: October 06, 2009, 01:04:08 PM »

Well that is with a stepper motor he is using, I think that one is easy to do and if there is a macro to run it so go for it. PC Turn50 was factory made with slotted disk and a controllerboard built in to the original controller cabinett.

Here you have to make your own disk so it is easier to use a steppermotor. You get much faster tool change with the stepper motor approach.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Brian's Emco Compact 5 Retro

« on: October 06, 2009, 12:41:43 PM »

Hi Gabi,
If the motor is a DC motor keep it and make suitable controller for that.
The PC Turn50 that I had was controlled DC motor, I have sent drawings, pictures and schematics to Dan. The macro can be found here at this forum.

Cheers Bengt

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Brian's Emco Compact 5 Retro

« on: September 25, 2009, 06:01:06 PM »

Hi Dan,
Sorry to say but I have never seen Emco ATC that is solenoid driven, the one I have been playing with is DC driven with toolchange rotation clockwise seen from the chuck and locking counterclockwise with a ratchet/pawl. If you have the original mechanics I suggest you stay with the original setup as intended as you will get problems with the gearing ratio so the stepper will probably not hold the tool in position without mechanical aid = reversing - using the ratchet/pawl for locking up the tool in position.

The macro was written for PC-Turn 50 so it is possible that you have to modify the code. Sorry to say I do not have the lathe anymore so I cannot not help you on this.

The DC motor goes full voltage clockwise and reduced voltage with polarity change in reverse as it holds the tool in position all the time it is powered up, this is how it works on the PC-Turn 50.

Hope this helps
Cheers Bengt

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tooltable unkown values

« on: August 17, 2009, 02:56:29 AM »

Klaus,
You are not alone as I am having the same kind of problem with other set of figures.
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,12342.0.html

ger21
I am also thinking in these terms but my NFS wizards are working OK so my license appears to be OK
If it is a licensing issue then I am not happy as I have several days of crashed material with funny tool movements