Thanks Hu. That would probably work also - but it would require the operator to plan ahead. I also neglected to mention that the feedrate needs to be changed as well. I can use the analog slider to do that, but that will require the user to calculate the percent increase required to go from the starting feedrate to the machining feedrate.
I was hoping that implementing the PC based control would provide more user flexibility and have a few less compromises in it. Don't get me wrong - I am very happy with the flexibility of the control software. However, one of my reasons for doing this was to hopefully retrofit some similar existing machines in the area, but right now it may be a tough sell.
When I get a little more time, I am going to try to do a FILEOPEN and a FILEREAD while machining. If that works, I can write a visual basic program with two input boxes - one for EPack and one for feedrate. The desired EPack and feedrate can be stored in a single line data file and then read in Camsoft with a button - just like you would a text box.  |