On 2/13/2016 12:15 PM, Bruce Layne wrote: > There are several ways to accomplish a mirror image machining, and > different methods will be better in different situations depending on > the machine's capabilities and the person's inclinations. > > On my stepper driven CNC router, > > On such a machine, the easiest way for me to mirror a part would be to > run Stepconf and reverse the motion of the X or Y axis. If I needed to > mirror parts more than once, I'd probably save a configuration for X > mirroring and another for Y mirroring, and simply run LinuxCNC by > clicking those icons when I needed a mirror image part. Home the X and > Y axes to the appropriate point and Bob's your uncle.
Well, the PLM 2000 is Bob's cousin Eddie with an Animatics CD5306M Version 3.5M RS232C connected servo controller for which I can find no technical info and Animatic's response to inquiry was pretty much "Duh, we dunno." Another one of those company merger things where all the old product info got trashed, dammit. It does have a terminal mode, but I've just a very limited amount of info on commands, just for a torque setting that needed to be altered on a specific serial number range, of which this machine was one. I'm half tempted to take the box out to send to someone who could dump the firmware to examine then send the box back in the same functional condition. Far as I can tell from the manual, there is no F in Way this hardware is capable of on the fly axis reversal to do mirror imaging, thus the need for an easy/fast way to pre-process the files to create mirror copies to feed to it. There was apparently a version of the PLM 2000 with a controller made by Fanuc, 99.9% compatible with the Animatics except for a couple of G-codes using different numbers as noted in the manual. But of course there is no information as to model number etc to identify *which* Fanuc controller model. I just Googled Animatics CD5306M and the only hits I get are *my* inquiries (without useful or any answers) about it. I hate it when I'm the only source of info on the web about an item I know nothing about. :P Yes, that has been an occurrence more than a few times since April 4th, 1996. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
