Re: Digest Number 13

"Dan Mauch" <dmauch@...> wrote:

I tried using maxnc on a Shoptask with a servo system. Since the shoptask
had .015 backlash and the servo system has 24000 counts to the inch the
maximum number that could be put into the backlash comp field was 255
counts.I needed to put 285 as I recall.

[I didn't know MaxNC's system supported servos at all. Don't they require a
feedback loop? Or is this taken care of in the amplifier circuitry? If I've
got a machine with ballscrews (and hence less backlash), do you think I can
use the MaxNC parallel port control system? That would certainly be
cheaper than the other alternatives I'm looking at, and besides I'm used to
it.]

When did they fix the file size problem. As of January it was still there on
the 4 axis delux version that I got.
Dan

[You need to use the "MaxL" program, which runs in DOS, not MaxPro. It's
been out for about a year, although their explanations of their various
programs could be a lot clearer. They will send it to you if you bother
them enough by phone (don't expect them to reply to e-mail, though.)]

Andrew Werby

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