What is wanted in a controller...
Posted by
audiomaker2000
on 2002-02-12 23:59:12 UTC
I'd just like to make a small note here as I'm reading some posts
concerning building a panel or control.
Remember, 95 percent of all the switches, relays, and jog wheels are
already on the machine you are considering retrofitting.
E stop does more or less the same thing on every controller
Jog wheel does pretty much the same thing on every controller
Cycle start, jog button, cooland/mist on/of...etc etc... all pretty
much do the same thing on every controller.
You aren't so much building something from scratch as replacing the
drives, CPU, and mearely finding a place to re-connect the things
that were connected to the original.
There are only a few things that are unique to any individual machine
(toochanger mechanisms, etc) and even those are operated electrically.
All you are actually replacing is the keypad, the CPU, and the
monitor (and drives if you cannot figure how to patch into the
originals). Everything else is almost a standard.
The "make it better" part is already done with newer software and
faster CPU....we just need to connect it.
Sean
Anyone remember 800 dollar microwaves and 200 bux a gigabyte?
concerning building a panel or control.
Remember, 95 percent of all the switches, relays, and jog wheels are
already on the machine you are considering retrofitting.
E stop does more or less the same thing on every controller
Jog wheel does pretty much the same thing on every controller
Cycle start, jog button, cooland/mist on/of...etc etc... all pretty
much do the same thing on every controller.
You aren't so much building something from scratch as replacing the
drives, CPU, and mearely finding a place to re-connect the things
that were connected to the original.
There are only a few things that are unique to any individual machine
(toochanger mechanisms, etc) and even those are operated electrically.
All you are actually replacing is the keypad, the CPU, and the
monitor (and drives if you cannot figure how to patch into the
originals). Everything else is almost a standard.
The "make it better" part is already done with newer software and
faster CPU....we just need to connect it.
Sean
Anyone remember 800 dollar microwaves and 200 bux a gigabyte?