Recently switched to Bob Cad/Cam and so decided to try 'Predator editor' (gcode editor) that comes with it. What happens the first time I click on the 'Edit' button in MSM .. a message box comes up asking me to pick the editor I wanted to use .. I navigate to Predator, select it & all is well .....
Dave, I recently changed from USB to Ethernet SmoothStepper (too many USB issues with my PC) Everything is working as it should except for a very strange occurence during Auto Tool Changes .. With the same Start & End macros as I've been using for quite some time, when the M6 call is made, the m...
I put a copy of this video on the Zone .. but thought I'd add one here also since it's the MSM software that inspired it .. I went with a spring loaded touch plate also to absorb the over-travel in the head as it touches off .. Works beautifully! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoVivgo3jhk Thanks Dave!
Want to thank you again for the code Dave, it works beautifully! Got the whole thing back together today and the stepper control works SO MUCH NICER than the pneumatic rotary actuator did. Have a little more cleanup work to do on wiring, and have to make some covers for the stepper, pulleys, & b...
Dave, If you remember, a while back I built a swing-out Touch Plate to handle ATLO. I've tried a couple of different rotary actuators to position the arm, but have not been satisfied with either, so I settled on stepper motor control to position the arm. I have the code set up to control the stepper...