Re: EMC and Taig w/ MicroProto and DeskCNC

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "William Perun Sr"
<wperun1@...> wrote:

> So you do not see anything wrong with loading Norton anti virus
> software, Office 2000, Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer on

the

> PC that I will be dedicating to DeskCNC and running the machine
> with. It is a new HP Compaq dx2200. I will not have the PC on

the

> internet, and will turn off Norton.

All these applications will work in conjunction with DeskCNC. I
usually have 3 or 4 similarly configured machines at the model
engineering shows that we attend. However, All these programs can
phone home and check for updates. TURN OFF this feature for all of
them, and only permit manual software updates.

One you did not mention is Adope acrobat reader. Be very careful
with this one as it is particularly abusive of your privacy.

> What is
> the advantage of the serial port approach to the parallel printer
> cable port approach?
>

Stability in the windows environment, offloads machine control
function to a fast, dedicated processor. known 5v ttl. precise
control of pulse width and step rates up to 125,000 steps per second.

Runs great on just about any dumpster pc, designed for win 98 or
later.

> Thank you for discussing 4th axis machining in Message #88331. I
> have 4 Gecko driver cards integrated into the KDN Tool Pinacle
> control electronics. Will I be swapping the Y axis driver with

the

> rotary axis motor, as you described - when running a design that

was

> done in a plane like I had mentioned?

No, just run your "4 axis" code. Technically it will probably be 2
1/2 axis, but the rotary and the fact that 4 axes might be used
within the same program usually gets it the 4 axis handle.

Vector Cad-Cam has a similar wrapping function. Here is a project
from the CNC workshop in 2005 using a rotary table (doll head):

http://www.imsrv.com/cncworkshop/

The head was scanned in the flat, the flat stl file was opened in
Vector, 3d toolpaths were applied and then wrapped in Vector-Cad.
Vector Cam then created the rotary axis G-code.

Fred Smith - IMService
http://www.cadcamcadcam.com/hobby