I'm running on a stock Tormach PCNC770-3 and I have avoided any changes to PP in order to be able to update to newer versions/bug fixes without hassles. Since the source is available I have used it to reverse engineer the interfaces to Tormach products including their pendant, SmartCool and USBIO modules and use Arduino based clones of them. I haven't paid much attention but I believe that others have reverse engineered the ATC interface; I mostly do one-offs so an ATC is not critical for me.
If you haven't already looked, go to https://forum.linuxcnc.org/pathpilot for lots of information on using PP on non-Tormach hardware. -----Original Message----- From: andrew beck <andrewbeck0...@gmail.com> Sent: November 5, 2020 4:26 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] pathpilot high speed machining awesome I have looked at it before thinking about using it on a slant bed lathe I have just not sure if I want to go down that track of hacking it are you running it stock standard on a tormach machine or have you hacked it for your own retrofits? I am slightly concerned that I think they use a pwm style interface for the toolchanger. I I would have to use a arduino or something to interface with that which sounds dodgy. this machine is 5 ton and I want things safe so I want access to the io control pins so I can use classic ladder and keep it all within linuxcnc though probe basic lathe might be ready by the time I get to this regards Andrew On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 8:57 AM <ken.stra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Basically it is just LinuxCNC under the hood. Tormach funded a better > trajectory planner, They have a added an attractive which includes > easy to use routines for probing, surfacing, drilling in patterns, > thread milling, support for their ATC, SmartCool (like a Haas PCool), > etc. I've been using PP since their betas so feel free to ask about > the nice things that have been added. > > -----Original Message----- > From: andrew beck <andrewbeck0...@gmail.com> > Sent: November 5, 2020 2:46 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [Emc-users] pathpilot high speed machining > > hey guys > > just had a look at path pilot and it looks like linuxcnc has a > 1000block lookahead > > they also claim it is good for high speed machining > > just wondering how much of this is just stock linuxcnc and how much > they have added > > cheers > > https://tormach.com/pathpilot-cnc-controller > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
