RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Deskncrt, CncPro,Master5 ,etc

Chris -

Ability Systems, which makes IndexerLPT, claims to be working on
their own Windows G-code frontend, and I've been bugging them on
their progress. They (Art Volta) has been saying "any day now",
and was originally planning on having it ready by the end of
summer. Who knows when... I'll check it out when it comes out,
and you all will be sure to hear from me.

Regards,

Carlos Guillermo
VERVE Engineering & Design

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris L [mailto:datac@...]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 7:28 PM
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Deskncrt, CncPro,Master5 ,etc

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I would say that Indexer really had a pretty good look ahead
routine. It did
run my particular motor/drive configuration very smoothly. The
downfall has
always been the user interface portion. There are some DOS G-code
interfaces
for it that I have not tried, both under $500. I prefer windows
and still
have not figured out why no one has written one for this program.
Then again,
I also heard that it now has some sort of dongle or software
protection which
may interfere with using it's 6 axis capability. It's not that you
have six
axis on the machine,...... you use some of the signals from the
extra axis
for Jog control and I/O. I was told they themselves were working
on a G-Code
interface about a year ago. Progress unknown.........

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