Hi,
Mach3 has 2D and 3D digitising, this will produce a cloud point for you, look under the wizards and search the forum for more details
In the config you can assign an input pin to be the trigger for the probe input
Graham.
Now most I've seen have a TTL input, and that seems to be what you're talking about. Rather than it being a on or off situation, I'm looking for an input that is variable from 0 to 5V, which would be an ADC taking it to steps that the software can use to tell me the distance from the sensor to the object I'm scanning.
I guess I could use it like a probe and the alarm output, but that wouldn't be any faster than a standard touch probe. Basically I'm looking to write a routine and take about 50-100 points per second recording the x, y and z, putting them into a CSV.
I checked out the CNC4PC and it looks like the inputs are for switching only.........or am I not reading that correctly?? I need an ADC input for the variable as described above.
Thanks again!