Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] More info on Smart Motors
Posted by
William Scalione
on 2002-01-28 23:22:29 UTC
Methadras,
How much will ClemSoft be charging for their software once
it comes out of beta?
Bill
How much will ClemSoft be charging for their software once
it comes out of beta?
Bill
> okay, i've got a pretty good picture of what is going on with the
> smart motor...
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> first of all its a brushless dc servo with integrated
> driver/controller on-board... i've talked to 6 users today and they
> said head wasn't a problem or an issue... the on-board controller has
> a thermal cut-off past 70 degrees C and they all said even thought
> hey push their motors hard, they've never been to hot to touch... 2
> guys i talked to are still using the same motors for the last 5 years
> without a hitch and all of the other guys are still using their
> motors for the last couple of years... so far, just from these guys
> i've talked to these motors are pretty tough nuggets that can handle
> the work...
>
> now here is the tricky part or maybe not so tricky depending on your
> point of view...
>
> you can serially daisy chain the motors together with rs-232 or rs-
> 485 or you can use animatics rail for serial I/O and power instead of
> the daisy chain method... this is a huge, huge plus for me because it
> nearly eliminates the need to purchase drivers, a box, all the
> wiring, and/or a controller... animatics sells their own proprietary
> VNC software for about $1000 and there is a third party developer
> that i've talked to personally at www.clemsoft.com that has written a
> really nice interface for the smart motor specifically... its still
> in beta and has a simulation mode built in... its written for windows
> 98/nt/2000 and i've downloaded it, but havn't run it yet... he is
> pretty dedicated to its development and he an i exchanged lots of
> ideas that he seemed fairly enthusiastic about... go check out the
> website for the software and email the guy about any info... well, i
> guess, that is if you really care...
>
> also he told me that the smart motors will and can use stepper motor
> instructions... here are his own words from an email exchange that he
> and i had and i must say its very promising and interesting;
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> "In fact, did you know that any smartmotor can be configured for
> pulse/direction input? In this mode, neither the animatics vnc nor my
> software will work... but the huge amount of software written for
> steppers motors driven from the parallel port, will work better than
> ANY stepper ever thought it could work.... And I'm familiar with at
> least 10 people who have Dos/Windows based parallel port cnc
> solutions and are using it in this mode as well. One warning here...
> I doubt if you could get to 300-500 ipm with a parallel port driver
> system (since steppers can't do 5000 rpm like the smartmotors), but
> you definitely can with the SmartMotor."
>
> personally i think i've found my solution to my cnc retrofit... the
> software looks like it will do about 80% - 90% of what i want... the
> motors are completely in-line with what i've been looking for and i
> really don't have to worry about trying to find the magical black
> box/voodoo gear... i'm gonna take the plunge and keep you guys
> informed as to how it goes... wish me luck and as always i will
> entertain any questions or comments...
>
> Methadras
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Discussion Thread
methadras
2002-01-28 18:29:51 UTC
More info on Smart Motors
William Scalione
2002-01-28 23:22:29 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] More info on Smart Motors
methadras
2002-01-28 23:37:30 UTC
Re: More info on Smart Motors
Fitch R. Williams
2002-01-29 04:40:17 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] More info on Smart Motors