Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Current playing field

>>Have a look at the PoKey57e from poscope.com. This can be a motion

controller for Mach3 and Mach4 it also has a standalone mode with some
software they call poblocks.

They also have the advantage of running Mach3 or 4 for serious
work, or running
my new software "Auggie", which is meant for experimental cnc. One can
swap back
and forth. Auggie controls up to 2 PoKeys, for 110 outputs of various
flavours, as
well as 2- 6th order planners on two separate 4 axis cartesian systems
that run
simultaneously. In future it will give access to 3 more axis on the
secondary Pokeys for a total
of 11 axis ( likely under 3 planners ). Auggie can also use PWM on the
fly during motion
adjusting power or whatever every 1ms as a result of stored data. Its
main thrust is
toward Laser control, but for a general experimenter, can be a great way
to see what happens
if one does this or that as a programmed routine.

Its a C-Scripted environment using user sharable
libraries to set motion shapes
or abilities. A load file may be a process including scripts, or a Gcode
file ( or a mixture). GCode commands as well
as MCode commands can be added at will. Auggie isnt for full time use in
normal CNC, its building as an experimental
workstation for those that want to play with motion in various ways, and
happen
to be using a Pokeys anyway. It isnt meant to replace other
controllers, though as a laser controller
when done will probably outdo most other CNC ways of using a laser. It
can load DXF files
directly, or create and save them. It is a full screen designer with a
lot of features not found in other
scripted control programs. Its also a project in the build stage, though
at a stage with full and fast
motion control. Videos are online on my youtube

( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuCa2eJKWliRthn908bHaA )

channel, and in Gearotics free forum, there are
scripting tutorials building to have an archive as teaching materials.
Again, it isnt for
replacing whatever cnc you use for work, but its free, fun to play with,
and will
end up being one of the more powerfull laser controllers available. And
fairly soon
for that I think, Im just getting the laser unit fully hooked up to
complete the
laser radiation controls.

So its a great adjunct for Mach3 and Mach4 users who just happen to be
using a Pokeys to control their system, or for those that wish to learn
about scripting.

Art Fenerty
www.gearotic.com





On 1/27/2016 8:58 AM, Ron Ginger ronginger@...
[CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] wrote:

> Have a look at the PoKey57e from poscope.com. This can be a motion
> controller for Mach3 and Mach4 it also has a standalone mode with some
> software they call poblocks.
> --
> thx
>
> Art
> www.gearotic.com