Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CADAM Capsturn/Capsmill

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> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, wanliker@a... wrote:
> > Has anyone on the list played with either of Cadams, Capsturn or
> Capsmill
> > program?
> > What is its output, can it be used to drive step and direction
> inputs?
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> I think there may be some confusion about the Cadam products. They
> are a company based in India. The Cad-Cam software costs about $3000-
> $4000 USD (each for Lathe & Mill). It generates G-code style
> programs from drawings. The free and $100 stuff is simply a DNC
> communications and editor program. A DNC program is used to
> communicate to a stand alone CNC machine from a PC. This is usually
> done over a serial port connection (Rs232)

> The PC does NOT send out step and direction, it only sends out the
> text of a G-code file. The controller in the machine is a Fanuc,
> Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, Yasnac, Seimens, Heidenhein, etc,
> commercial, industrial strength machine. NOT a PC based controller
> that actually runs the machine's motors, like you would find with
> EMC

But, unless I mistaken shouldn't you be able to set EMC up to accept
that G-Code and act just like a any other controller?

I plan to use EMC based on that presumption, if it is wrong I
need to know now.

> The machines that need to use DNC are older beasts that have
> $2000 per 8-32K type memory.

Well, SOMEBODY had to pay for stringin' all those little beads...

Marc