Use Diagnose Tools for a CNC Professional Machine Tool Integration
Use Diagnose Tools for a CNC Professional Machine Tool Integration How to use Diagnostic Windows The CNC Professional, CNC Lite/Plus, and Graphical Operator Interface diagnostic tools are available within each application. Simply use the default Diagnose Icon button to launch the tools. The tools can also be launched by the DIAGNOSE logic command.
How to get past the IOLib IOOpen message when launching CNC Professional
Please raise your hand if you’ve ever been confronted by the cryptic IoLIB IoOpen message during a launch of CNC Professional software which left you pulling your hair out. This happens rarely but when it does, it usually happens during the initial installation of the software. This occurs when Windows does not install the IoLIB…
How to get past the IoLIB IoOpen message when launching CNC Professional
Have you ever been confronted by the cryptic IoLIB IoOpen message during a launch of CNC Professional software which left you pulling your hair out? This happens rarely but when it does, it usually happens during initial installation of the software. This occurs when Windows does not install the IoLIB drivers correctly or not at…
How to remove Rockey4USB and Rockey4 drivers from Windows XP
Camsoft’s USB dongle key security uses older RockUSB drivers. On occasion, the driver that the Camsoft installation installs, gets updated by windows automatically or by the user unintentionally. The newer RockeyUSB4 and Rockey4 drivers that windows installs, can cause problems for the software security feature. Sometimes, the new drivers do work with the software and…
Solution provided for a CNC Router when an axis on the motion controller stopped working
%%wppa%% %%slideonly=4%% %%size=450%% %%align=center%% Recently, a customer in South Africa, with our PC Based CNC Professional retrofit conversion, was in dire straights. The Y axis on his Galil motion controller board went bad. The cause is unknown and unusual as Galil motion controllers are very reliable. The customer could have sent in the motion controller…
Adding A Decelerated Stop To A Standard G1 G-Code
The main standardized version of G01 defines a cutting move with no automatic velocity change or deceleration based on a look ahead algorithm. However, many extensions and variations have been added independently by control manufacturers and machine tool manufacturers. The methods and algorithms implemented by other commercial organizations are often proprietary. Camsoft’s CNC Professional PC…
How to use the QUESTION command to prompt the operator for information in CNC Professional
The question command can be used in logic to prompt the operator for information or confirmation. The command will display a dialog window centered on the operator screen with a user defined message, a text box for data entry, and an OK and CANCEL button. The question command has three parameters which must be separated…
Solution to WIN7 and Rockey4 USB key, key not found message with CNC Professional
Recently, with newer copies of Windows 7, the message Key Not Found is appearing when trying to launch our CNC Professional Software. Through further research into the issue, I discovered that some WIN7 installation come with newer drivers for the rockey4 usb key already pre installed in windows or perhaps installed through a windows update. …