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by ART M
Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:12 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: LOST [1/2] KEY
Replies: 6
Views: 4042

Re: LOST [1/2] KEY

mfunc75.mac (set zero) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ;Macro name: mfunc75.mac ;Purpose: Sets part position of selected axis #29001 = 0 ;Set M225 timer variable to zero (requires cycle start to continue) ;Check to be sure an axis has been selected N100 IF #29000 == ...
by ART M
Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:38 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: LOST [1/2] KEY
Replies: 6
Views: 4042

Re: LOST [1/2] KEY

It appears the axis zero function was available thru parameter 188 =1, 189=2, 190=3, 192=4 ( x,y,z, & set absolute zero) Once again I am impressed with this system! And if that was not enough Scott provided the new macros above to take it a step farther and put "The iceing on the cake"...
by ART M
Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:06 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: LOST [1/2] KEY
Replies: 6
Views: 4042

LOST [1/2] KEY

Does anyone else out there miss the 1/2 key? Its found on older high end Swiss CNC mills, and seems to have been lost in time. What does it do? Quite simply, divides the present part value for a specific axis half way back to part zero, and re-sets part zero for that axis. Anyone who has ever used a...
by ART M
Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:34 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Windows 7 installation (tech bulletin#244)
Replies: 1
Views: 1707

Windows 7 installation (tech bulletin#244)

Hello All: Ok,.... I have a fettish for high end swiss cnc mills ( Aciera, Deckel,....) They were so far ahead of their time, but they were starved for a better cpu than an "8086". So i picked up a 1986 vintiage aciera cnc F5 with a Centroid Ajax controller running CNC11 (mill) into an MPU...
by ART M
Sat Feb 02, 2013 11:19 am
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: XP VS WINDOWS 7
Replies: 3
Views: 2365

XP VS WINDOWS 7

Hi all:
I am running cnc11 version 3.06 on windows xp.
Can I upgrade to cnc11 version 3.08 with windows xp?
or do I need to go up to windows 7 ?
(hardware is MPU11 with DC3IOB)

Thanks, Art
by ART M
Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:43 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Home to Incoder Index Mark (Asterisk)
Replies: 0
Views: 1837

Home to Incoder Index Mark (Asterisk)

After purchasing a used machine, and not knowing that the a A chanel, not A chanel, B channel, not B channel, Z channel, and not Z channel ( index mark ) were wired opposite "polarity"? The units displayed correct measurements in all three axis's. This was fine, until I hooked up limit swi...