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Are you teasing me?

Dang.. that's warm.

Thanks!

Hello everyone!

I have not been around for a while. My camsoft stuff is working great.

Is anyone else freezing their rear end off?

Its good stuff..

I use the Factory Automation version so I can't say its being adapted to a CNC center but what I use it for can be just as complex in certain aspects.

I can make this thing...

I had a hard drive problem once.. I had 3 hard drives stacked next to each other..
That top hard drive got hot. When it did, the computer became unstable and I would get weird problems like...

Anyone in the Detroit area have a press brake??

I need to bend up some 1/8 inch (11ga) thick sheet steel.. Normal carbon steel.

2 feet wide x 8 feet long.. I need 2 bends in each sheet.. 2 foot...

That Ruben sure knows his stuff....

Camsoft support has helped me plenty.

Murphy

Maybe I am way off here but here goes..

Wouldnt you have to put the current shunt on the input to the VFD to measure its output current??

Correct me if I am wrong (its been a while) but current...

I was going to jump in earlier before Al because I had a situation exactly like yours.

My problem turned out to be incorrect grounding procedures. The MoCmd was floating to around +2 volts.. More...

If you set \555=0 in the startup.fil, and the only other thing that changes that variable number is the inputio.fil as it reads the state of #30 as a 0 or a 1, how would/could any other condition...

Nate,
Here is an idea.
Use a variable to check for spindle stop. Lets say input #30 is your switch and variable \555 is used to store the value of the switch.
In your InputIO.fil put the...

Nate,

I had a problem like yours. I forgot exactly what the problem was but it had to do with an input and my program code not executing correctly because of it. I think mine was a looping...

I use Camsoft for factory automation reasons.. Works great as far as I am concerned.

I use servo's and encoder/resolvers for position control, relays, pumps, etc etc.. all the works.. I have no...

My partner and I have been purchasing stuff on ebay for 4 years. In that time, we have about 450+ purchases and have spent about $40,000 between us to aquire about 1.5 million worth of...

Ok. Im not sitting infront of my camsoft computer, and its been a good 7 months since I have needed to mess with it so my memory may be a bit skewed..

I remember clicking on the "Edit Other Motion...

Sorry Intrusion, I have to disagree with you....

I have been using notepad.exe to directly edit the .fil files from almost the first day I bought the camsoft software. My entire application is...

Can wood even be machined to .0001 accuracy?? I'm thinking that just daily humidity changes would make that impossible if nothing else.

I dont know jack $hit about cnc routers.. But wood is wood..

If this is the same place I am thinking of, try to design a simple 3 dimensional hour glass.
You cant do it with their software. Unless they fixed it...

Damn straight...Right On!! Now I wonder how long it will take their local government and/or the media to start asking those exact questions..
My guess is that they wont because poor people dont...

It depends.. Most that I see go for around $400 - $600.. depends on which card it is, what time the auction closes, etc etc...

You are absolutely correct.. It is not easy.. But, there is plenty of burnables laying around there now, and in the complete absence of anyone giving you drinking water, its the best option there...

There is a material called UHMW.. (Ultra High Molecular Weight) plastic. UHMW on UHMW has the same friction coefficient as Ice on Ice.

Its fairly inexpensive also... There is another new one...

Sounds like a tuning issue with the 0-10V signal.
Your drives should have a bias balance adjust screw or something like that so that you get zero motion when 0 volts is applied.

Do you understand...

There has to be pots and pans scattered all over the place.. All you need is a pot or pan from a kitchen.. There must be thousands of them all over the place..
As you are witnessing on TV, starting...

Wow.. is that what the big package costs?

Mine was only about $500.. (General automation version)..

Not sure what all the difference is... My machine is not a typical CNC center.

Yup.. Im just another camsoft user of the galil card...

To much work to dig into the galil commands.. Doesnt make sense to have to go threw all that when a few hundred more bucks buys you the...

Ok.. I was keeping quiet about it but you started me so hear goes..

First off, let me say that I have a massive amount of compassion for those who deserve my compassion.. But this post might make...

My application uses only 1 CBK file that I am constantly making small changes to.

Everytime I make a change, I back it up with the DATE as the name as in:

12_15_2004_updateLimits.cbk

this...

To my knowledge, no one is offering any "free" help with ISO stuff because everyone is making to much money selling it.

ISO is a waste of time and money unless you are doing business with a large...

ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING MY A$$ OFF....

Yes you can JB weld it.. Take the square peg (the part that has to slip out)and coat it with some vasiline or other type of oil... Let the JB Weld...