Re: Can CNCPro users provide some input?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "tauseef" <alieron@h...> wrote:
> 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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