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Happy New Year and with the new year Old Bob is retiring. The machine shop is closed

Farewell to all my Camsoft buddies and customers. It's been a great run.

Camsoft is truly a great product...

Thank you JohnnyDon

Just about every part. You can get boards, motors, amps, relays, pendants, monitors, even use store bought PC's from off the self sources that Camsoft list. No more expensive...

Camsoft is one of those companies that has been around a long time and knows the CNC business well. They do seem to have an answer for everything.

I decided to reply because you asked about...

Warren,

I have 4 more numbers + 1 letter. A06B-6047-Hxxx maybe it's a 3 at the end.

We are using CamSoft PC based controllers if that matters.

Thanks Bob

Where can we find or buy GE Fanuc servo drive wiring charts for the GE models that begin with A06B-xxxx-xxxx. We have a customer that needs a quote. I will get pictures when I travel over there if it...

I really don't need to with Camsoft. There logic commands handle what a PLC would do on the computer. I shouldn't say I don't know loadder logic. I just hate the stuff now. It's been so long I can't...

Let's clear up the use of CamSoft's CBK file approach for the newbies and non CamSoft owners.

What I am going to say is the way I know it is today. I can't or shouldn't comment on how CamSoft used...

Let's be realistic or at least honest with people.

When you say 70% that's your opinion could use mach. It's more like 10% of commercial users realistically.

I get a good discount from...

battwell

A big biesse router you say. Earlier this year I was asked to quote a camsoft on a beisse rover and another Italian router for a cabinet maker.

I looked into this quite a bit...

So far it's been several years. I have come along way since then and have got very good at making the system do what we need. So I guess we can say camsoft has been working okay. If you are a newbie...

I just read about this last month in their manual which I thought I had a drift problem but it was something else.

QUESTION 164
Our machine is losing position. The more moves we make the more...

Skippyfix

I just answered Pietbez in the post below about seeing the AS3000 packages on E-Bay for much cheaper than what Camsoft sells them for. I only have used Level-1 and my customer has...

I think this is the wrong forum to ask about CAD/CAM but someone else just asked about Camsofts AS3000 Level-5. I seen the AS3000 packages on E-Bay for cheaper than what I paid.

Bob

A while back I had the same problem.

My customer was cutting slots and the more slots he made the more the slots shifted and grew.

I don't have there manuals with me but there is a common...

The AS3000 product is their CAD/CAM software that I got, didn't buy with CNC professional controller. I have used it and can say it works good and is very simple to learn from other systems. It does...

You have to check this out for yourself but they told me it would meet and beat the performance of the newer Fanuc 21i

I hadn't run a Fanuc 21i or 16m but camsoft does a damm good job from the...

Thanks for writing Brian.

I don't have a pending project at the moment to do. I am pretty set on Camsoft for now but thanks anyways.

If I do get a job to quote. I am holding off buying from...

I do think that's true for hobbyist because mach is more economical than Camsoft but Camsoft is more powerful than mach and more economical than Fanuc, Fagor & Mitsubishi. It's like low , middle and...

When going from mach to Camsoft the things you learned about motors and wiring in Mach will help you when doing Camsoft. There is just so much more to Camsoft. I agree with Karl and Carlo that you...

The Open CNC people are nice but boy when they get you their clutches the price goes way up and they their responsibly goes way down. They want extra money for the development package for first...

I have known these people for a long time. I can vouch for the people and product. They have been there for twenty something years. They know more about CNC than any other company I have worked...

On last weeks Notepad subject I have found it easier for me to look at the whole CBK file all at once in Notepad. This way I can search for variables and make changes through out the whole file...

Good idea Karl. I will try this later today and Billy Boy is right. I would rather read useful ideas like Karl's than read those negative comments from the same people.

HuFlungDung this is a...

I have AS3000 from camsoft. Its pretty good for 2D and basic 3D. It's the fastest Cad/Cam system I have ever learned, but I only have Level-1. I like their cnc control products and the more I get...

This is one I could even answer.

I got this info right out of the manuals.

INPUTS/OUTPUTS is the # character.
You can read the ON/OFF state of any input or output with the # character. You...

murphy

I thought I should write because the way your doing it now by going back and forth is too hard. The trick is the right mouse button. Now that I know the commands I also edit the .FIL files...

I had a chance to go play with the hand wheel over the week end. My customer has older style brushed servo motors not steppers.

I wanted find out for myself so I tried several setting changes and...

Hello Marc,

Where are you in the country? I may be able to help you. I have helped my customer set up a stepper machine before. It's much different than the servos I have used with CamSoft. It...

Has anyone used this? It looks like you control a CNC with a PC video game controller.

They say it's only $25. What do you need to make it work. Does it work?

Bob

Toons,

I don't know how to put this any other way but you couldn't be more mistaken in almost every comment you made. My advice would be to get your installer back out to figure out what's wrong...