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  1. 04-28-2006, 03:22 PM #1
    Mike Mattera
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    Fabric8r: Anilam make an affordable replacement control for the Crusader M. It's the PC based 3300. Very slick. Just unplug the old control and plug in the new conlrol. You can find out more from...
    http://www.illianaindtech.com This guys out of Chicago and has been working with Anilam for over 20 years. Tell him I sent you.

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  2. 05-14-2006, 01:38 AM #2
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    Now Available:

    Training DVD for the Anilam 3000M CNC Control.

    http://www.tipsformanufacturing.com...0m_control.html

    See the link above for product details.

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  3. 11-12-2006, 04:20 PM #3
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    new member - anilam\mastercam user

    I have an anilam crusader m on yci iron, 1989 and a 3300 m on aliant mill. had to reload software on the 3300 and lost programmable spindle option, anyone know the proceedure to edit config files on this control?
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  4. 11-15-2006, 12:03 AM #4
    Fabric8r
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Mattera View Post
    Fabric8r: Anilam make an affordable replacement control for the Crusader M. It's the PC based 3300. Very slick. Just unplug the old control and plug in the new conlrol. You can find out more from...
    http://www.illianaindtech.com This guys out of Chicago and has been working with Anilam for over 20 years. Tell him I sent you.

    Mike Mattera
    Thank you for the info I checked into it and I told them you refered me. But I dont think this is the rout im going to go. The upgrade is 7,500. Thats not Affordable to me. It seems like a nice system but it is still dos based. I'm thinking I want to go with my own controller using rutex drives and mach3 anyone have any info on how to go about this.
    Thank you, scott
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  5. 11-15-2006, 02:39 PM #5
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    I'm in a similar situation, except I need to upgrade a Crusader II. I'm looking for, or considering making, a microcontroller system that will take step and direction input from the PC and linear encoder input from the axis scales, and generate an analog output to the servo drives. This would make all the step and direction software out there compatible with servo positioning with DRO scales.

    Other than that, I'm looking into EMC2 and a motion control board. I plan to use all the same connectors that the Crusader II uses, that way I can plug back and forth until I get the EMC2 system performing properly. The new EMC2 + Ubuntu Live CD ISO makes installation easy. I found a 4 axis motion control board compatible with EMC2 for $325. My CNC control will probably cost under $750 including used PC, Operating system, CNC software, connectors, breakout boards, and motion control card. That's 1/10 the price of the "affordable" Anilam upgrade.
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