Advice needed.
01 Feb 2021 00:42 #197263
by Dropout
Advice needed. was created by Dropout
Good evening All
I need to replace and old Eason control on a dowel boring machine.
It's only one axis but needs a couple of other functions I would call M codes.
It needs to read a table based on a part number input and move to each location listed in the table and then return to home. The table could be somewhere on a network or on the control. Prefer the network I guess.
I'd also like to display the PDF of the part number that is being drilled.
What would be the best combination of stuff to do this. All the mechanical stuff on the machine works. It has a servo, not a stepper.
Thanks in advance.
I need to replace and old Eason control on a dowel boring machine.
It's only one axis but needs a couple of other functions I would call M codes.
It needs to read a table based on a part number input and move to each location listed in the table and then return to home. The table could be somewhere on a network or on the control. Prefer the network I guess.
I'd also like to display the PDF of the part number that is being drilled.
What would be the best combination of stuff to do this. All the mechanical stuff on the machine works. It has a servo, not a stepper.
Thanks in advance.
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01 Feb 2021 01:02 #197266
by andypugh
Replied by andypugh on topic Advice needed.
This can be done with a custom GUI, ignoring G-code, fairly easily.
(Maybe not entirely ignoring G-code, but generating MDI commands on the fly rather than passing G-code files around)
How are you with coding in Python or other languages?
I made a start on something not entirely unlike this (a pipe bender) several years ago: forum.linuxcnc.org/38-general-linuxcnc-q...ideas?start=10#82686 )
(Maybe not entirely ignoring G-code, but generating MDI commands on the fly rather than passing G-code files around)
How are you with coding in Python or other languages?
I made a start on something not entirely unlike this (a pipe bender) several years ago: forum.linuxcnc.org/38-general-linuxcnc-q...ideas?start=10#82686 )
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