stewpid question I'm sure.......but

[turmite]

Would the cam part of Bobcad, or for that matter any cam program, out differently on different os. I have two seats of v17 with one on an xp-pro machine and one on a 2000 pro. Would, should or could the cam output differently either system?

Mike

[Rekd]

Not if you're running the same post.

'Rekd

[turmite]

Uh oh! Let me check that and see. Thanks reked!
I know it's rekd but it just sounded right.
Mike

[The One]

turmite,

how are they acting differently? Is it in the G-Code output, or another function of the CAM window?

Regards

[Rekd]

Originally posted by turmite Uh oh! Let me check that and see. Thanks reked! I know it's rekd but it just sounded right. Mike

Still looking?

'Rekd

[turmite]

Hey Rekd, sorry about the absence. I lost my internet service for a few days. Ok now help me understand what you mean by different post. The only ones I can find are the ones I have to set up. I admit I am not the best at cod or cam and probably has to do with the fact I didn't need anything bot g0,g1,g2 and g3 with my old controller. Any help will surely be appreciated.
Mike

[The One]

Are you using oone post that you copied to the other computer or did you create two posts, one on each computer? If you created two seperate posts, you can copy the cfg file to a floppy and load it onto the other computer. But, I am still not quite sure on how they act differently.

Regards

[turmite]

The One and Rekd I have one pc that is running 2000 pro on an amd 1.3 gig with 256 ram. That setup is the one I use to run my cnc machine with Mach2. I have over 500 old programs all in incremental that I had made from way long agon when I didn't have the ability to use anything except incremental and g0,1,2 and 3. I have edited some of those programs for use on Mach2 by insterting G91 where applicable and doing manual edits where necessary to make sure they were right. I started getting lots of lost steps only in the x axis which is the axis that all of my little bitty interpolated moves are. I decided to backplot the program through v17 and found many of the lines were not ending up where they were supposed and thereby giving me the lost steps or more correctly lost position. I contacted Bobcad support and got one email back from them asking me if the program had a G91 in it. After answering them that I had run it both ways I got no answer back. I have since made programs (incremental) on the pc here at the house with that is running XP pro with an amd 1.8 gig processor and 512 ram. Everything was set the same in the cam cfg. It ran on the machine fine and also backplotted fine on the home pc. I have not backplotted it on the machine pc. I was just curious if the different os would affect the output.

Mike

[MikeA]

Do you mean your old programs ran in Mach 1 or another program, and now you are running Mach 2? I am no expert, but it sounds like your current cam program, Mach 2, dosen't support your old g-code files as they are written, and has no bearing on your operating system. If you backplotted an old program using a "good" Mach 2 configuration (post), and the lines where goofy, that should be proof enough and you may have not edited them properly. The key is, you must have Bobcad configured properly to be compatiable with Mach2, both for creating new G-code, and backplotting old g-code reliably. I have V18 and don't see a config file for Mach2.

[The One]

The operating system should not affect any G-code files that you save as a text format. It is the most basic format for a PC. If you are incountering errors in backplotting then you should do as MikeA suggested and check your programs for errors. If there aren't any I would like to know, as well as see a program that you have this problem with. But as long as you use the same cfg file on both computers you should have no difference in the output.

Regards

[turmite]

Thanks guys. I am kinda like a cat on a hot tin roof right now so it may take me a couple more days to get back with you.
Mike

[Kookaburra]

I know it has already been suggested, but, have a look at the post that you have setup on the pc that works, note its name, then go to your bobcad/posts folder and copy it to a disk, then take the disk to your other pc and copy the file into your bobcad/posts folder on the pc that is not working and when you fire up BobCAD make sure you select the post you have just copied, in the setup of the NC cam. Then try it again.

Hope this helps