Km3p

[rkonnen]

I have a 1984 KM3P mill. I am some what familiar with trouble shooting and fixing them. I have since converted it to PC control. I always said if anything major goes wrong, it would be converted. So if I can offer any help to anyone.
Best regards,
Richard Konnen

[skullworks]

There is a mostly dead 1988 Hurco KM3 (not -P) at a shop I used to work at.

The control was on its last legs when it died in 2001. The main CRT on the MAXII control burned out - so I swapped the graphics CRT over. The Dallas memory chips on the memory board died (were only rated for 10 years...)(These chips each contained a micro lithium batt to preserve contents with power off)

Once the mem board died you could only run the active program - anything you tried to store got currupted. So this meant uploading/downloading via serial ports.

When it died the last time the second crt went... A few months ago I powered it back up. I could blindly jog the table and activate the spindle.

I ran this machine back in its prime, I'd love to get it and retro fit it. - Problem is the owner is content to use it as a table for storing extra KURT vises, and every time I ask to buy it he ducks the question.

Meanwhile I have bought an X3 to play with... Dreamin up the conversion in Solidworks.

[joseguerrero]

Originally Posted by rkonnen I have a 1984 KM3P mill. I am some what familiar with trouble shooting and fixing them. I have since converted it to PC control. I always said if anything major goes wrong, it would be converted. So if I can offer any help to anyone. Best regards, Richard Konnen

As I was repairing the board, more than a few days I should say, the backup battery completely died and I can't find the original floppy disk... Need help getting the disks to upload into memory again and if you have any suggestions as to where to download from and also interested on your pc conversion.

Thank you.

Jose Guerrero
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