laser and router connections and codes
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 12:21 pm
Not a router owner yet, in planning stages. I have a background in Machining/sheet metal Mfg Eng though.
I think you have a pretty good product, but I would like to understand how I might use it wire up both a VFD spindle control such that I can control speed in the parts program, but also run a laser and be able to do the same with the power setting (w/out unplugging things). Ramping power down for slow sharp corners can improve accuracy. I am hoping that there might be a way to use a different “M” code to select the device, and then some other code for laser intensity (I do not know if it would look to “S” code as the VFD should.
I would expect my workflow to be something like Autodesk Inventor=> Post Processor=>Controller
At the Post Processor phase I would generate the G&M code. Would the M code for spindle on end up being the same as the M code for laser on or do the different outputs get different codes? It would be nice to have more than the comments in the code or the file name to prevent accidently setting the cat on fire or bouncing the spindle across the room.
I think you have a pretty good product, but I would like to understand how I might use it wire up both a VFD spindle control such that I can control speed in the parts program, but also run a laser and be able to do the same with the power setting (w/out unplugging things). Ramping power down for slow sharp corners can improve accuracy. I am hoping that there might be a way to use a different “M” code to select the device, and then some other code for laser intensity (I do not know if it would look to “S” code as the VFD should.
I would expect my workflow to be something like Autodesk Inventor=> Post Processor=>Controller
At the Post Processor phase I would generate the G&M code. Would the M code for spindle on end up being the same as the M code for laser on or do the different outputs get different codes? It would be nice to have more than the comments in the code or the file name to prevent accidently setting the cat on fire or bouncing the spindle across the room.