I'm thinking of keeping the old control box on my mill to house the new computer. I'd like to use the control panel, which on the Anilam Crusader M has 54 switches in the main panel plus a separate 8 switch panel. There's a couple of ways to go about that.
1. Remove the existing encoder and directly use the key matrix connector, which has 18 pins plus 6 pins that're all tied to a ground plane. The sub panel has 9 wires so that's 9 separate switch leads with a single common. Could connect all that to a programmable switch matrix encoder and assign switches to match LCNC functions. 2. The stock encoder board has a 3 wire power input and a 4 wire interface. Unless the encoding it uses is documented somewhere, converting that to USB or PS/2 could be a challenge - and wouldn't do anything for the sub panel. Some Google on the chips... KR9600 PRO is a keyboard encoder, capable of handling up to 90 switches. D3-6402R-9 is an RS232-C line driver. Ah-so! This board speaks serial! Feed it power, connect to a com port, setup a terminal, poke buttons and see what gets printed on the screen for each one. Does LCNC support a serial connected control device where every input can be assigned as needed to program functions or normal keyboard keys? Which would you think would be easier? Matrix encoder to USB or use the original encoder and translate its serial output? The other thing I'd like to do is install a small LCD. If I remove the original bezel for the CRT I can fit up to a 9" diagonal 4:3 ratio LCD without making the hole bigger. Problem is I haven't been able to find such a thing, new or used. It doesn't need touchscreen or speakers or any inputs other than a VGA port. 800x600 could be a bit cramped on resolution but mostly that screen would just be for loading files and monitoring how it's running. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
