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    Hanging on the OS loader has been an issue with...

    Hanging on the OS loader has been an issue with my intel rhinestone WS MB for years. Tha MB out of the machine will boot to any windows version other that NT 4. I bought 10 NOS Inter Adv/RH boards...
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    Re: A2100 RT MB Fail

    Thats what I get when the wS board goes out. The one on the left. Clearing memory and starting over works. you have to put the parameters in the WS board again but that is no problem.
    David at...
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    Re: Acramatic PC2100 Axis Compensation

    Thanks, So would would in put my total table movement as the low limit, which in this case is 39 inches defined for X and 1" for the increment which is the high limit it asks for when I import the...
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    Re: Acramatic PC2100 Axis Compensation

    Thanks, good to know. Unchecking the boxes still does not get rid of the error though. Oh well.
    I will correct for the errors in the part code and see how that works.
    the parts that I make are...
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    Re: Acramatic PC2100 Axis Compensation

    Thanks for your reply Mike. That should take care of the alarms! Still I wish I understood a little more of the compensation file structure. What I think is that the file takes the back lash figure...
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    Re: Acramatic PC2100 Axis Compensation

    These are the pages from my manual that do not seem to help write new comp file for me.
    I am not sure if I understand the table. Is Axis position the commanded position and then the actual deviation...
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    Re: Acramatic PC2100 Axis Compensation

    These are the screen shots from my machine
    The original had zero in Axis position I had input 0.50000 to see if it had any effect for both axis. It did not. I have reverted to zero.Actual backlash...
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    Re: Acramatic PC2100 Axis Compensation

    Thanks Mike. I do have the vickers manuals, not as nice as the cinci manuals but the same thing. When I restore my Bck Cmp files they will not import, program reports "incorrect increment".
    I do not...
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    Acramatic PC2100 Axis Compensation

    I have an Acramatic PC2100 Control on a Mitek bedmill VMB 50. Recently I started getting alarm 40-41 on startup for both the X axis and Y axis. I can clear the codes and run the machine which is what...
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    Work Station Mother Board

    I have an 2000 Mitek VMB 50 bedmill with acramatic 2100 control. Great machine and I love the control once I got the bugs out. Few years ago I had the WS Mother board go out. It would run Win 98 or...
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    geo- combining form 1: Definition of GEO-...

    geo- combining form

    1: Definition of GEO- earth : ground : soil
    2: Definition of MAGIC noun (Concise Encyclopedia)
    Use of means (such as charms or spells) believed to have supernatural...
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    Dear alibre_guy; Based on your post I went to...

    Dear alibre_guy;
    Based on your post I went to the Geomagic support knowledge base. I found very little of interest there yet. Not much in usage of the product and quite a few things, Hardware OS,...
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    I have used alibre since version 9. I use with...

    I have used alibre since version 9. I use with AlibreCam concurrently, always. The Chat window was always one of the features I liked, most days there was an immediate response and solution....
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    Well, I found new WS motherboards. I had to buy 5...

    Well, I found new WS motherboards. I had to buy 5 of them! at $200 a piece. Still less than Siemens. Nt4 boots fine. I had to pull the RT board and rewrite the BIOS. Not too bad you just need a video...
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    I have the same problem though I got there in a...

    I have the same problem though I got there in a different way. My WS board failed. When bench tested the WS board would not boot to Win NT svp6, using cloned drive for testing made when I got the...
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    siemens acramatic pc2100a WS board

    Hello; I am posting here as the highest concentration of acramatic control issues and solutions are here. I have a 2000 acramatic control that had issues after software upgrade from siemens. Fixed...
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    Mecsoft now handling support!

    Great news; Mecsoft will now be handling future support and answering AlibreCam posts in their forum. This news from Alibre in email to me tonite. I think this benefits us all!
    David in...
  18. Thread: Satisfied

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    Satisfied

    I could say a lot of things here but having just hung up with Alibre, now is not the time.
    Lots of new people at Alibre. One person whom is manager of support also is one of Alibre's success...
  19. Thread: Alibre Cam

    by dmerrll
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    Support

    The following is an example of Alibre support. Mark is from Alibre and David is myself. This happened after Alex Freeman told me my version of AlibreCam was out of date and that there was a newer...
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    Well it is now Sunday afternoon...... I will not...

    Well it is now Sunday afternoon......
    I will not be selling a $6000 part to a customer tomorrow.
    Thankyou Alibre

    The only things I have done to cause all of this grief is install, last week,...
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    Hey Joe. Yes I have backups. This time my auto...

    Hey Joe. Yes I have backups. This time my auto back up backed up the error.
    So I had to revert to year old design using 6061 t6 instead of the new design reflecting use of 7075. I had been able to ...
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    Would I do it again?

    I have been using Alibre since 2006 maybe 2005?
    They are not consistent.
    I use Alibre Expert and AlibreCam 2.0 expert.
    My drawings and programs have compatibility issues with drawing created in...
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    Happy customer

    I do not usually post when not having a problem with something...
    When everything works, my fault. When something doesn't,someone else's, right?
    I have been using Alibre starting with version 9. I...
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    email

    I did not get email either though they told me on Tuesday that it would be the end of the week. I am downloading now. Looks like alibreCam will finally be fully functional for me!:rainfro:
    Hopefully...
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    Good idea! sometimes I just get married to a...

    Good idea!
    sometimes I just get married to a process.
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    Well when I machine these I use a fixed width vee...

    Well when I machine these I use a fixed width vee cutter. sop far I have only made large ones 8" dia with a 2 fl niagra HSS that I use for chamfering .375 fh screw heads. When i do this and mill...
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    How do I machine this efficently

    I call this a rosette. I use them for positioning handles around an axis with the mating surfaces meshing usually in 6deg increments. My cam program (AlibreCam pro) chokes as I cannot chain. I am...
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    Paid $877 to siemens and they serviced R/T board....

    Paid $877 to siemens and they serviced R/T board. CMHD was fine even though the alarm stated otherwise. I think they reloaded Bios and replaced memory. The $877 included $300 ea for test and advise....
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    I am expecting my realtime board to come back...

    I am expecting my realtime board to come back from Siemens either today or monday. It is not the CMHD board as I sent this in as well. Real time board is where the problem was. I also had to change...
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    CMHD Board Info

    I posted this earlier in the wrong forum. sorry bout that!
    -I have an Acramatic control that still has Alarm 40-33
    APC fault Output/Fuse Rack 0.This is on CMHD card 3-542-1210A. I Have done all the...
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