Re: Can CNCPro users provide some input?

Hi Donald
I have been using CNCpro for about 5 months on a sherline milling
machine. I also played around with DeskNC and tried the CNCpro demo
version. Its a REAL pain to setup the demo to even see if CNCpro is
worth the money but once I figured it out, the motors "came to
life"...MUCH smoother and 3 times the speed. I find the
documentation and instructions for CNCpro very non-helpful..pretty
much there are none. For me, a beginner at CNC, instuctions would of
been great..thankfully I have this group. Overall, I am very
satisfied with CNCpro and it also runs very well for me. I have not
tried any 3D or lathe work with it so I cannot comment there. I have
found recently that the input/output channels are ON when the
computer boots up even if the CNCpro screen says its off. For now, I
cycle the channel (this is connected to my spindle) to turn it off,
before turing on the machine. Personally, I am pleased.
later
tauseef

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Doug Harrison" <prototype@c...> wrote:
> I've been using CNCpro since 11/99 and have grown to love it. This
is not
> Fanuc or Mitsubishi, but its close enough for $175.
>
> Documentation is poor, just like the commercial stuff. Help
screens are not
> very helpful, just like the commercial stuff. Yep, its as close as
you can
> get to the commercial stuff for a fraction of the price. At least
Doug
> Yeager follows up with patches when bugs appear.
>
> I would like to see the jog function put into a separate menu so
that
> accidentally touching an arrow key wouldn't send the table
careening off
> toward certain mischief. Other than that, it runs flawlessly for
me.
>
> Doug Harrison
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donald Brock <don.pat.brock@p...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...>
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 6:20 PM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Can CNCPro users provide some input?
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm considering CNCPro as an upgrade from DeskNC for a home brew
> > project. I will add here that this is not for my personal use
alone
> > and that the end user who is footing the bill has no desire to
use an
> > operating system other than DOS at this time. I would however,
like
> > some input from those that have used this software on its pro's
and
> > con's.
> >
> > As both the other end user and I are CNC machinists/programmers
for
> > lathes and mills, I'm more familiar with the way comercial
machines
> > work with the various commercialy made controls. These being
Fanuc,
> > Mitsubishi, Hitachi-Seiki, Yasnak, etc. DeskNC has been close to
> > working the same as these control systems. I am interested in the
> > simularities and diferences in the CNCPro software compared to the
> > higher comercial systems.
> >
> > With all do respect to Carey Culpepper and his problem with
cutting a
> > raduis on a lathe using this software, his problem has sparked a
> > curiousity on my part and I would especially like to know how this
> > software handles diameters on a lathe. Are diameters programed
from
> > a full diameter point of view or are they programed from a radial
> > point of view?
> >
> > >From what I see by the info sheets I printed out from the web,
this
> > software was intended more for mill type operations than lathe.
> >
> > How about some input from those of you that use it for three axis
> > mill type work (more in line with the application I'm considering
it
> > for). I would be interested in hearing anything good or bad that
you
> > have found about it.
> >
> > The software seems to have many more features than DeskNC but
does it
> > function as well as it appears it may?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Donald Brock
> > Baton Rouge, LA
> >
> >
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