23 Dec
2009
23 Dec
'09
11:05 p.m.
One of my medium computer literate friends had rigged up a system using
a single serial port and a switch box to his shop. But all of his code
was commercial. Autocad with addons at the top of the food chain, and
several support translator programs added on.
Costs a fortune for software but he did a lot with a little in terms of
having to get custom hardware rigs, or his own programming. He made
more money programming in CNC language (which he could do by hand) to
pay for the high software costs. I guess programming a PC to multiply
the return is a good way to go too.
I have been looking at Acramatic controls because they are Microdata
1600 based (900 series) but not much else. The ones I'd like to get
hold of of that type would not need a machine attached, since I have
other firmware to run on them.
Jim
Roger Holmes wrote:
From:
"Rick Bensene" <rickb at bensene.com>
> Earlier controls had RS-232 ports.