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thanks, bruce
Rick Sparber
Feature: RGS_01
Description: Let the user define the order of functions displayed. I almost
never use C-line yet it is the first on the list. I'm big on tool offset use
and it takes a few more pushes of the button each time.
Rick Sparber
Description: when we were chasing the jitter problem, one guy pointed to a
state of the art filtering algorithm that was actually not that hard to
code. Is that something you would want to do or leave it to others in open
source. I think I found info on this filter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_filter
Given this filter, I think the cheap HF calipers will give a repeatability
and resolution (not accuracy) similar to the glass scales plus will greatly
reduce jitter without adding any hysteresis.
Rick Sparber
Description: I am concerned about the lack of ground (R8 missing) at the PIC
header since the current flows in all of those data and control nets but
must return through the single power wire that goes between motherboard and
daughtercard. I'm not as concerned about the 5V being open.
Rick Sparber
Description: I noticed that once I get into the Grid function, there is no
way to exit other than a normal complete. If I hit enter I advance to the
next hole and that is fine. But when I hit clear it also advances me to the
next hole. Can clear be used to exit?
Rick Sparber
Description: sorry this is so vague, but there are many cases where I can
change a value but never see what the previous one was. For example, I can
set the workspace I want to be in but can't tell which one I am in.
Rick Sparber
need to turn off diameter mode before switching back to mill. I'll add some
code to automatically do that. The DRO is designed to set up two different
machines for mill and lathe operations, not to switch back and forth on the
same machine so that probably isn't well-tested.
Rick Sparber
Description: rename the hardware -
Keep DRO-350
Change the name of the DRU-550 Lite to DRU-05
Change the name of the DRU-550 Full to DRU-10
When you upgrade the DRO-350 with the DRU-05 you get a DRO-355
When you upgrade the DRO-350 with the DRU-10 you get a DRO-360
Rick Sparber
Description: create new faceplate artwork for the upgraded DRO which
includes sub names for things like the calculator function
Rick Sparber
Description:
Automatic tool offset - once the user picks a given tool diameter and
selects the auto option, the program would monitor motion on the X and Y
axes and apply the correct tool offset dynamically. If both moved at the
same time, it should give a warning and maybe beep. There would have to be
some motion threshold since I would not want it to see a movement of a few
tenths as table movement.
I can see this being very useful, especially in cases like milling out
pockets. I move the X axis until I reach the left wall of a pocket. During
this motion, I see the left edge of the end mill as my reference surface. As
soon as I start cutting along the left face and move toward the back face,
the back edge of the end mill becomes my reference surface. I don't need to
fiddle with a bunch of buttons and can just concentrate on milling.
I know that someone suggested being able to apply tool offset on two sides
of the mill at the same time by pushing a diagonal button. That would be
cool too and probably much easier to implement.
Rick Sparber
Description: user defined length of each beep and the number of beeps to
indicate the crossing of the limit