Re: Any suggestions for a Control Program?

Steve

Check www.deskam.com, they have two controllers, one under dos and
one for windows. Didn't test the windows version, but desknc works
great.

Hugo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Carol & Jerry Jankura"
<jerry.jankura@s...> wrote:

> Steve:
>
> You don't mention what kind of computer you will be using to drive

your

> machine. CNCPro and TurboCNC are DOS programs; I'm running TurboCNC

on a

> 486DX2-50 based notebook computer with a whopping 8 Mbytes of

memory.

>
> Master5 is a Win95/98 based program and will require a fairly fast

Pentium

> (or better) computer with quite a bit more memory than my notebook

will

> support.
>
> In many cases, folks prefer to keep the design and manufacturing

computers

> separate. Typically, the manufacturing computer will be located

next to the

> computer while the design process will be in a quieter, chip free

location.

> Personally, I wouldn't use the same computer for both activities if

I had

> two fast machines.
>
> -- Jerry
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: stevenmanzer [mailto:smanzer@m...]
> |Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:38 AM
> |To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...
> |Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Any suggestions for a Control Program?
> |
> |
> |Hi Everyone,
> |
> |I have just finished a CNC Router (based on John C Kleinbauer's
> |PipeDream) and am considering which CNC Control software to
> |purchase. I have looked at CNC Pro, Turbo CNC, and have just
> |downloaded MASTER5.
> |
> |The controller is John's Piker4X step/direction controller for
> |steppers.
> |
> |I realize this is a newbie question...but I was wondering if anyone
> |has any preferences one way or the other.
> |
> |The MASTER5 program seems like it will do more than CNC Pro for

less

> |money. It looks like it reads standard files as well as image
> |files. I have not connected it to my machine yet to see if it
> |actually works as reported. It would be nice to use windows to
> |design and then control the router, but I realize there may be a
> |performance hit by using windows as the OS.
> |
> |>From what I have seen there are lots of small programs that do a
> |specific task well, but you have to flip between programs to obtain
> |the task you need. For instance, you can make your design in Corel
> |Draw, save as .dxf, read in using KCAM, then output as GCODE, then
> |read that with GCODE2000 to change cut depth, or other edits, then
> |save as GCODE to CNC Pro...Wow, thats a lot of flipping...anyone

have

> |any thoughts?
> |
> |
> |Any advise would be great,
> |
> |Thanks in advance,
> |
> |Steve
> |
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