Thou you can use PathPilot with out endstop- its a pain in the ■■■. The main things to change is the step pulse (to match whatever method you are driving your CNC.) for all your axis, setting the max feed rates, Axis direction, size of the workspace etc. So if you are going to do this- be ready for that. This is going to require some linux knowledge. The next step is reconfiguring the stock 440 config to work with your machine. The A Axis is wired differently for the 440 in the config (Mainly due the fact that the 440 does not have a rotary option) But this can be changed. Fortunately the pin out for the main axis (XYZ) are in the common locations. This way you can wire your existing drivers to this. A basic one that’s is NOT meant for Mach3. In addition to the 6i25, you need a parallel (DB25) breakout board. As for the machine, a basic Intel machine with either a ethernet port or USB WiFi and a HDD that’s 40GB or bigger. So whatever system you run the USB key against, it’s going to wipe the machine. You don’t need an OS, the PathPilot ‘installer’ is a disk image. A 6i25i (either PCI or PCI-E) (If you are computer savvy, network savvy and linux savvy- you can use a 7i92H or M) Seems smart to use the newer boards.Īny advice or links would be greatly appreciated. Many of the online threads reference older MESA boards like the 5i2S - which, I believe is in the Tormach box, but there are newer more capable MESA boards at the same price.When I wipe the hard drive, do I need to install a Linux OS? Which one?.Do I NEED a PCI based motion control board like MESA? If so, which one?.And, since I have the 440, I have the latest Path Pilot Software (AND a Path Pilot controller but sometimes both machines need to be running simultaneously, so I will need two controllers). It is a three axis system, 48 volts… I will add limit switches.Įssentially, I just want one CAM package: Path Pilot. I want to use the G540 but run Path Pilot.
My x-carve runs on an ancient windows machine running Mach 3 and using its native parallel port to communicate to a Gecko G540.
I want to switch my x-carve to use Path Pilot and was wondering if anyone has done this. I have a Tormach 440 and an X-Carve (barely recognizable). Hello Everyone - I know you are all super busy - but I think you three have experience with this and for others seeing the subject who might have done this, please chime in.
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