On 03/08/2014 07:41 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> I am not clear just where you are in your project. You mentioned two weeks
> but is that two weeks from now or two weeks from when you start?
>
>

After looking at the manuals, my first guess is that the changer control 
is built into the main controller so LinuxCNC will need to do low level 
control. Also it looks like the carousel uses a servo motor and high 
count encoder like a regular axis. I have used a Limit2 (3?) component 
to good effect on my carousel but I haven't completed that project, so I 
can't put that feather in my cap yet. The spindle orientation hasn't 
become obvious yet. I'm tending to think two weeks to get the changer 
working would be optimistic. If it were my machine, I might get the draw 
bar to operate first, then if time runs out, parts could still be made 
with manual loading.

This looks like a capable machine as is, is the controller completely dead?

-- 
Kirk Wallace
http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/
http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/

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