Memory capacity on the control

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Is there any memory capacity in the machine control unit, or does it run on a drip feed setup from the computer?

Thanks

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Hi and welcome to the gang. If your asking if the control box on the table has memory I would say no. You have to have your PC on to run the program that makes the table do its thing. If I misunderstood the Q forgive me. My memory is low tonight.

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Yes that’s basically what I was asking. I have other CNC lathes and Mills in the shop and one computer. I just send the programs to the machines from one computer and they’re stored within their control. If for some reason there’s not enough memory in the machine then I drip feed them. I haven’t received my plasma table yet I was just wondering how that was going to work. Looks like I’m going to need to find another computer or laptop to run it off of. Thanks for your answer.

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Your welcome. If you allready have mach3 you know it doesnt take much to run it. If not the firecontrol software should even take less to run it so I wouldnt go to wild. I run my table with an old laptop i had in the closet for about 5 years.

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I don’t have Mach 3. I originally bought it with my table. however they had a news release some time back that said they had replaced it with something else that was free I believe I received a refund for mach 3. Is that something I’m going to need to purchase.

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No, the crossfire Pro will have a control software that comes with it free of charge. A program Langmuir is in the process of designing. And in the near future they will have a design software wich will be alot more basic than say Fusion 360. So if you have any ole laptop laying around you should be in a good position to get it all going when you get it. The controll software will be Firecontrol .

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langmuirsystems

Nov '19

Hi All-

FireControl will work with full versions (non-S) of Windows 7+ (we are not testing with XP as of yet and make no guarantees there) and MacOS for as long as they support OpenGL (all modern versions).

Hardware requirements are minimal- these are not hard requirements and you will likely be able to run the software on most modern computers. We run it on barebones laptops with:

  • Processor: 1.6Ghz+
  • RAM: 4GB
  • Available Disk: 100MB

We have not tested or developed for gaming controllers but touchscreens and wireless keyboards will function fine.

While there are buttons for everything in the UI, there are a number of keyboard shortcuts available such as jogging, toggling between jog modes, start/pause programs. More details on this will be available in the FireControl User Guide.

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