Roland Camm3 NC control

[canalcop]

I have been offred a Roland Camm3 for very little money. From the limited info I have found on the net this seems to use a non-standard form of nc control called CAMM-GL1 language (Theres always a catch )
Does anyone have anyone have any experience of this machine and is it possible to write a postprocessor for say BobCad or similar nc control SW?

Thanks in advance

[TomGray]

My father bought a Roland PCN3000 mill. We downloaded the Modela Player software from the Roland web site, along with two simple design programs. We've been able to produce an engraved name plate, but to do more than that we need to be able to import .dfx files from our CAD program. We're using something called 'Bobcad'.

We haven't been able to convert the bobcad .dfx files to a version that Modela Player will understand (the Modela Player help file says it will work with autocad version 12). We've downloaded a drawing converter and converted our bobcad .dfx files to autocad version 12, but still no luck.

Let me know if you want more info on the Roland software.

Tom

[cncCNC]

I recently was given a camm3, but sadly it has no control panel/switch box. Do i need this?course i do , what i mean is , can i use my computer to do all the functions the switch panel would?it has a cat5 connection. Somebody help me please!
thanks

[rab]

I used to run a Roland PNC2300 which I think used the same form of HPGL derived coordinate code. I wrote an output for it for my CNC Toolkit way back so it might be worth a try to see if it works,

Rab

http://www.rainnea.com/cnc.htm

[cncCNC]

I'd like to try that code, can you send it to me, or do you mean it's included in the toolkit
thanks

[rab]

It's one of the post-processor options in the toolkit,
grab it from the yahoo group files section
Rab

[cncCNC]

sorry i'm real real new to this board, which yahoo section ?

[TomGray]

This is in reply to cncCNC's question about the controller box for the Dyna 3000 lathe. I believe the controller box is absolutely necessary - you have to tell the machine to 'get ready to receive' if you try to send it control info through the serial port. Besides, I think the controller box is the entire 'brains' of the lathe - there's a kit that lets you connect it directly to your computer (away from the machine) to upload/download programming information.

I've seen the controller boxes on eBay occasionally....

Tom

[cncCNC]

cam3 not dyna lathe

[PLB]

Does anyone want to sell the Roland Camm3 or Roland 2500
We still use them and need parts.

PLB

[canalcop]

As far as I know the one I was offered is still there. Its in a local college (in Ireland) and has done about 5 hours work it was originally bought for milling PCB's but the software dongle was lost a few months after purchase and its remained idle ever since
I can enquire if you wish though I suspect shipping to the US will be $$$

[cncCNC]

Hi, I have a camm-3 With no control panel , Do you have any extra control panels? Do i need to use one , or is there a way to get around it ? Do you know the port and pin numbers it uses , and how many steps per inch/ and axis length?
How much $ are you offering for a working one without the panel , i'd much rather make it work for me then sell it.
Thanks