Re: xp cnc software

After using Arts suggested special driver.bat, it will come up, and
now I have set about to setup my motors.

Thanks for all the great advice. I'm sure I will need more advice
in the near future!!

Charles

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "caudlet" <thom@t...> wrote:
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "smeboss" <c65pratt@c...>
> wrote:
> > Hello, I need some XP compatible cnc software. Any Ideas? I'm
> > running 1.7 Athlon, 512mb ram, and integrated video.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Charles
>
> Are you talking about the design and toolpath definitions or the
> actually running a machine? Those are different actions and are
all
> part of CNC. There have been combinations of the magic "Triad" of
> operations but basically it's three steps: CAD, to draw the part,
> CAM, to define HOW the machine is going to cut the part (toopaths,
> offsets, feedrates, cut depths, multi-pass cuts, etc) and finally
the
> Controller that takes the g-code file produced by the CAM program
and
> twiddles the motors to move the machine to cut the part.
>
> MACH2 is a Controller. It runs from a standard PC parallel port
and
> puts out step and direction pulses that will drive the common
motor
> drive modules we hobbiests can afford (Gecko, Rutex, Xylotex,
> HobbyCNC to name a few). MACH2 is written to run on WIN2000 or XP
> and has a list of features a mile long. Download a free demo at
> www.artofcnc.ca
>
> For a low cost CAM program for Windows download the free beta of
> Sheetcam at www.sheetcam.com
>
> If you intend on using your XP computer to control your machine,
> consider having a dedicated box for just that and network it to
your
> design PC(s). While in theory you can use the same box for
> everything, a dedicated box is less problematic. MACH2 will run
> easily on a 900 or 1 Ghz machine and there are reports of people
> using 500 mhz ones. I use a 900MHZ AMD unit that was setting in a
> corner. I use WIN2000 (that's just me and my choice, since I
REALLY
> don't like XP) and never have problems.
>
> No matter what you do, HAVE FUN!