Certainly On Jun 9, 2012 4:05 PM, "Tux Lab" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can LinuxCNC be used instead of the original controller? > > John > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Jon Elson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave wrote: > >> If the CNC control is GE, then the drives and likely GE also. > >> > >> I know a guy who might have some parts and manuals for that control if > you decide to get it going. > >> > >> > > URRRrrp! No, unless it is totally functional after the move, it would > > most likely be > > a complete waste of time to try to resurrect such an ancient control. > > If GE, that > > means PRE-Fanuc, so we are talking DTL ICs, maybe, from the mid -60s, > > and about 250 separate PC boards and 1000+ chips. Also, quite possibly, > > PRE CNC, meaning no computer, and therefore, no diagnostics. If a chip > was > > bad, it would do crazy motions when you gave certain commands, and you > > had to infer the bad chip from the numbers involved. YUCK! I just had > some > > experiences trying to get some GE Hi-Ak drive running, and after several > > puffs > > of smoke, the guy gave up and got some Copley amps on eBay. he had 3 or > 4 > > complete controls there, but they just kept burning up. I guess when > > this old > > gear sits for too many years, it gets very hard to bring them back to > life, > > what with bad capacitors and dirty connectors. > > > > Jon > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Live Security Virtual Conference > > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
