Lathe software?

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I'm glad you appreciated my response. If it was me looking at the software I would someone to tell about their experience also.

I truly wish I could have given it a positive review, but that was not our experience with it.
 
Thanks, I will keep looking around at the moment the machine is just sitting there not getting used. I just don't have the time to try hand-coding big jobs. I have done a few small hand-coded runs but they were very small only a few lines at most.
 
Lathe computer died, so I'm stuck for a while. No more Kipware testing while I get the PC sorted out.

Once it's back in business I'll ty to provide some updates - good or bad.
 
Spumco, that's not good to hear hope your back up and running soon. In the meantime, I gave in and bought The T and XC software and I'm not off to a good start, time will tell if it gets better.
 
Lathe ran off a WinXP PC, connected to another motion control PC in the back of the machine. XP PC was DOA when I got it, and I wanted a 'do-everything' setup that could have F360, internet, and run the old Emco lathe control (WinNC).

Sadly, running XP in a virtual machine under Win8.1 wasn't stable enough. Kept losing connection to the USB-connected main control panel. While the software works (I think) under Win7, the replacement computer I bought can't run Win7 due to drivers and so forth.

So I bit the bullet and bought an older Wyse Thin Client with Win7 Embedded already on it and will run the lathe from that It will have the Emco/Fanuc control software and nothing else. Newer computer will still have 8.1, F360, Kipware, and whatever else I want - but the lathe itself will now be air-gapped, using USB drive to transfer programs.

Probably safer & more stable this way.
 
The USB will be a better way to go. I know when I changed my miller over to just being able to plug in a USB it was so much easier.

Well, I emailed Kipware about my problem. Given the time difference, they got back fairly quickly with some ideas. That's a good start.
 
Well, I'm 5 days into having the KipwareT and XC software and I must say they have bent over backwoods to help me with the problems I'm having with XC they even did a new video for T using one of my parts and that helped a lot.

Unfortunately, we have hit a roadblock with XC. No one can make heads nor tails of how threading works on this lathe I have. The manual is ridiculously hard to understand and makes a Fanuc manual look like a kids book.

After 2 or 3 pages of howto, this is the code in the book they show you.

N0010 P10=2 P11=0
N0020 G00 X100 Z100
N0030 G00 X50 Z1
N0040 G86 Z50 K1 R1 I6 L5
N0050 G00 X100 Z100
N0060 M02
 
rick-b said:
N0040 G86 Z50 K1 R1 I6 L5
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Is there an explanation - however convoluted - of the K/R/I/L words?

What exactly is the control?

Oh, new lathe PC arrived not DOA. Maybe back in business tomorrow - fingers crossed and I can get back to trying out the Kipware stuff.
 
Good to hear on the PC.

My controller is a WA-31DT. Here the pages from the manual.
 

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