Art Fenerty of MACH1, MACH2 fame is looking into supporting these serial type devices sometime in the future. Still in the planning stage. Support for serial attached devices coincidentally faciitates auto tool changing capabilities. That is the reason this getting his attention at this time. Kills two stones with one bird for us in the trenches.
I am corresponding with another fella about DOS based scanning routines using the Acculux. He is getting good results With dos routines but the comm flow is a little slow with current Windows based controllers, Looks promising though!
This appears to be the device I need for my workflow come together. I ordered one the other day and will share my results as I make progress.
Most commercial laser measurement systems set up for CNC machinery seem to be runing in the the 10,000 to 13,000 dollar range. This promises to be breakthrough technology for us bottom feeders, huh!
I am looking at possibly using a DOS based Numerical Controller package like Shopboat or MAXNC to get digitizing going (kinda slow based on limited step rates of these appications but they currently support a digitizing probe and may be useable with a little effort) and transitioning to a Windows based controller for path generation and cutting.
That's what I know, mostly preliminary, so, take it witha grain of salt. I'll stay in touch!  |