Homebrew PCBs

Hi.

Well I think your best bet is to sort out the original software. There 
is a lot to learn with these machines and the software that comes with 
them has a lot of built in information. For example depending on the 
tool, the drilling speed is variable and the travel rate is variable. 
When it comes to processing the files the software also does a lot of 
work for you. Also calibrating the machine and setting up registration 
for double sided boards is done via the software.

Where are you in the world? Also, are you able to boot the original 
computer up? There are two pieces of software. There is Boardmaster 
which drives the actual machine. This does not require a license. You 
need to know what version of that is on the machine. Then there is the 
CircuitCam software. This software is the one that takes the gerber 
files, etc and converts them into a format ready fo the Boardmaster to 
process and drive the machine accordingly.

The CircuitCam requires serial numbers to run. One of them is the s/n on 
the side of the machine. The other ones comes with the software and may 
well be found in the properties of CircuitCam if using version 3.

Trev



On 15/04/2010 03:03, John Michaud wrote:
>
> I have the machine with the original PC and software circa 1997 - I've 
> never operated the machine and I cannot move the software to a newer 
> machine the way the old machine is setup. So I was thinking of trying 
> the open source Linux CNC machine software that is available do you 
> know if that software will work with the machine?
>
> ________________________________
> From: Trevor <trevor.white100@... 
> <mailto:trevor.white100%40googlemail.com>>
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 1:41:51 PM
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: LPKF 93s
>
> Hi, what do you want to know. I have an LPKF machine.
>
> Trev
>
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