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  1. jcdammeyer

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Well @gerritv knows lots. With respect to Path Pilot I'm on the second day of the learning curve. Finally got the system back from it resetting. But it won't run Path Pilot.
  2. jcdammeyer

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    That's the one. PWM to 0-10V on pin 1 for VFDs with a jumper. Or use Pin 17 of the DB-25 for spindle stepping and Pin 16 for spindle direction. I have max-x-y+min-z limit switches set on pin 15, min+home-x, min+home-y ,max+home-z on pins 11,12 and 13 so I can do simultaneous homing. #...
  3. jcdammeyer

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    I have the whole set of bit files. Plus even FPGA source code but not the actual compiler. I think that costs money. I'm using a PMDX-126 as the main BoB for my mill and one of the cheap AliExpress MACH type BoBs for the second port. This is the panel I put together for testing the 7i92H...
  4. jcdammeyer

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    @slow-poke is dead on with respect to the HAL and INI files. What was immediately obvious too with the Path Pilot is that they only use one of the two 7i92H parallel ports. For the rest of their I/O they use a USB based 16+16 I/O module. Seems they also have the door switch on the cabinet in...
  5. jcdammeyer

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Nice. I'm becoming disappointed with Path Pilot. Had it working great. On the network. Rebooted back into the system and couldn't restart Path Pilot. Just crashed each time. When it was working and I had Path Pilot working it showed up reduced in size because the background was full...
  6. jcdammeyer

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    BTW, from the concept of embedded CAD into CAM there's NativeCAM which allows drawing simple objects (or maybe not so simple) within the CAM environment. I suspect it's more powerful than Path Pilot but that like MACH3 Wizards Path Pilot seems to be a tad more graphical. Here's a video on using...
  7. jcdammeyer

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    Couldn't do it without @gerritv He's been the real brains behind all this. Here's mine as far as configuring the MESA 7i92H: board_ip="192.168.1.121" config=" num_encoders=2 num_pwmgens=1 num_stepgens=6" Here's the Path Pilot version: board_ip=10.10.10.10 config=num_encoders=0 num_pwmgens=1...
  8. jcdammeyer

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    I'm also making progress with the Path Pilot. This is from my windows network. @gerritv provided the info on how to disable automatic running of Path Pilot so now I have a standard Linux Mint interface and with that access to SAMBA (smb.conf) to set up my windows workgroup. Which means I can...
  9. jcdammeyer

    Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion

    How much in the end? BTW, I've pulled off the ini and hal files from the Tormach install. They don't appear to support an encoder or step/dir. But that's easy to fix. Just becomes a customized Linux CNC install.
  10. jcdammeyer

    Anyone using natural gas for their forge

    I have, as expected since I'm rather anal, a computer module running my furnace. Spark Plug Ignition and project 42 was to install the flame detector which is still sitting in the box. To light the furnace the lid is opened. Master ball valve on wall turned on. Valve on furnace turned to on...
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