On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 03:48, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
I do have a ton of technical info, software etc for the Animatics > controller. Got it from a guy at Moog-Animatics who stayed after their > merger and still had an old backup drive. With that I'd think it should be > fairly simple to add support to LCNC to at least have the same > functionality as the DOS software. This could be done, but I just don't think LinuxCNC (designed to be a CNC controller) is a sensible starting point. Have you looked at https://winder.github.io/ugs_website/ ? My opinion (and only my opinion, I do not speak for LinuxCNC in any capacity) is that if you want a CNC controller that runs in a PC then LinuxCNC is the best choice. And if you want a CNC controller that runs in a microprocessor, look at GRBL, Tiny-G, Marlin, Sailfish etc. And if you want a CNC controller that runs in an FPGA then there is the Mesa SoftDMC firmware. http://www.mesanet.com/pdf/motion/softdmc.pdf LinuxCNC is a CNC controller that runs on a Linux PC. If that isn't what you want, then there are other options that already are what you want. Cutting a Maserati in half would make a very bad motorcycle. Cutting LinuxCNC in half would make a poor G-code sender. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
