Re: More info on Smart Motors

he is going to work on it in beta mode for another year or so, adding
more g- and m-codes, more user input, tweaking code, tightening code,
etc. etc...

but he said that after that is all done that he will probably charge
in the neighborhood of $300 or so, but if you beta test the software
he will sell the final at a substantial reduction... i'm already
doing simulations trying to see if i can generate some errors... i
told him that i was going to post process some stuff using
surfcam/mastercam and see how his VNC takes in the g-code and what
errors it will generate or ignore... that's what i know so far...

asmodeus


wrote:

> Methadras,
>
> 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...
> >
> > 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;
> >
> > "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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