I need it to move accurately Right and Left 120" and detect stops
*This will be more of the machine, components and the software that you would be using.
I.e. Mach3 software with feedback encoders or closed loop servos. I'm a little tired at the moment, but I was thinking that Khalid was mainly working on a gcode generator. Not a cnc controlling software.
((I'll have to reread the thread again...ZzZzZzzz))
I need it to move Forward and Back 16"
*Same as above. Also, I would expect that you actually need less "machine" travel, because the quilt will be filling up the take up bar and taking away some of the possible space with the rolled up finished quilt..
I need it to Advance and Rewind the Quilt on the 10' long rods.
*I'm not sure how your wife's machine looks, but most machines don't rewind because the top, batting, and backing are on separate poles. Some have power advance. It probably wouldn't be too difficult to integrate, but you have to be concerned with stretching the quilt or wrinkles.
((I spend way to much time watching the wife quilt.... I gotta get back in the garage... lol))
I need it to One-Cycle the thread pickup and 3-4Cycle the sewing ending.
*Assuming that you have motor feedback, it wouldn't be too hard to sew a stitch. However your will will have to pull up the bottom thread and move it out of the way. Generally the software has a small pause for this. In g-code, you would pause for a tool change etc..
And I need it to be easy for her to use. She is already collecting patterns to use when I am done building it, and has ~20'000 so far(!!)
*This would be relative to her ability, but ideally everything should be as easy as possible. What format are the patterns in?
On a personal note...
Got all the wife's brackets made and the backlash sorted out today. She's back up and sewing on the new apqs machine. So I'm not feeling the pressure too bad at the moment. However, I would love to move her to a new software with some faster motors. Looking forward to Khalid's software.
Does anyone know a supplier for 14' sections of 80/20 aluminum extrusions? Ebay has a bunch of cutoffs, but I haven't found a site with prices.
Khalid, what version of dotnet and which vb runtimes? I got an error on running, that referenced a messing registry key.. Assuming that I'm missing on of your references. I have 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0 framework, probably missing the VB files.