Not trying to pester anyone. I am finally getting down to the actual electrical install and beginning to wire things up.
So I am going to need HALui and many of the other tools to sort out signals soon. Just wondering if there is any vague idea as to when V2.8 will go mainstream or if I should just work with 2.7.x for now. This is for my #2 Hurco, a 1987 KM3 Knee type with Quill Z axis. I will be using a 5i25/7i77 driving Randtronics/CMC ServoMate amps with Electrocraft 4 brush servos with tach & encoder feedback. Initially it should be fairly simple. X/Y/Z M3/M4/M5 M8/M9 with the actual rpm set by the hand crank Vari-belt drive and no rpm feedback. Once that is up and running awhile I will try to fix Hurco #1 OEM control - I never considered how much damage could be done by allowing the backup (BIOS) battery to go dead. Machine can't even read the OEM keyboard because it can't find the HDD to load the driver. When Hurco #1 is back in the game we will go back and upgrade Hurco #2 adding gear tooth sensors, complete a full 4th axis, rig a stepper to preset the Vari-drive to nominal then allow a VFD to compensate for changing cutter loads. If things go really well I might even jump the shark and add a "W" axis powered knee. I'm guessing that there won't be a last call for v2.8 until after the FEST but I was wondering if there was a wild guess in the back of someones mind as to when that might be. And thanks everyone for your work! Greg, out yonder in Colorado. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
