Recently came into possession of a Journeyman 425. Appears to be in decent shape (everything works) and after firing it up and doing a few sample cuts it looks to still be holding good tolerance and very minimal backlash. It was in this testing process I became familiar with the Dynapath 40 by Autocon. After using it for a few hours, im going to be replacing it. I'm sure it was a solid control and cutting edge in 1996 but it lacks some pretty standard features in 2020. After reading the 3 instruction manuals it came with, I can see why people like it, but everything from the 5.5" display, that fact its only 2.5D, the 25-pin D-type connector to get programs in and out, all draw backs I'd like to correct. The last nail in the coffin was (see attached) there is very little in the way of options turned on. From reading about others experiences on this and other forums, Dynapath still wants considerable dollars to activate features on a machine that is pushing 25 years of age. I'd like to scrap the Dynapath (sell it if I could) and replace it with something else.
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If you were going to replace the control on a Tree Journeyman 425 what controller would you be looking at.
The Yaskawa vfd and the Baldore servos and servo drive all seem to be working and in good order, are they salvageable in an upgrade?