CNC controller. No PC. Have you seen this?

[7milesup]

Hi guys. I was talking to Matt (from Precision Matthews) the other day about my new 833T mill. The discussion of CNC came up and he asked me if I had seen a new controller called Masso-CNC.

I looked it up, and quite frankly, it looks quite intriguing. Their website is undergoing maintenance at the moment so there is limited info, but I guess NYC CNC has used it, so maybe more info on his site too.

https://www.hindtechnology.com/

 

[magicniner]

Stand alone controllers are the coming thing, Mach3 went down the pan when it's originator sold it to a clueless bunch of disorganised developers who stopped work fixing the things they'd broken or made worse in Mach3 to tout the Vapourware that was to become a semi-functional Mach4 which they joyfully sold to any sucker for years before it was worth a red cent.
IMHO ;-)

 

[DAT510]

Here's another website: https://massocnc.com/cnccontroller

 

[FOMOGO]

Always good to see a better/cheaper mouse trap. Mike

 

[Eddyde]

The thing is, you need to use their proprietary software. If it's not up to your needs or if you outgrow it you'll need to start over.

 

[Ray C]

Stand alone controllers are the coming thing, Mach3 went down the pan when it's originator sold it to a clueless bunch of disorganised developers who stopped work fixing the things they'd broken or made worse in Mach3 to tout the Vapourware that was to become a semi-functional Mach4 which they joyfully sold to any sucker for years before it was worth a red cent.
IMHO ;-)

LOL: Try not to sugar-coat your true feelings there... Might give yourself an ulcer keeping all that bottled-up inside you like that.

FWIW: Mach 3 scared the pants off me one time too many so I went with Hurco/WinMax.

 

[silopolis]

You can make it even cheaper and moooore open with a BeagleBone Black and Machine Kit !

Envoyé de mon A0001 en utilisant Tapatalk

 

[7milesup]

You can make it even cheaper and moooore open with a BeagleBone Black and Machine Kit !

That is actually pretty cool. Not exactly a plug-n-play solution, but certainly an option. Thanks for sharing.

 

[rwm]

Brilliant. I'm interested.
Robert

 

[spumco]

I looked in to one of these a year ago when they came out. They look pretty awesome, and are essentially plug and play - motion controller, software, BOB, spindle control - all in one box.

I chose not to get one for the following reasons:

1. Software is (was) limited. Check out the list of recognized G-codes in the user manual and see if there's something missing (spindle synchronization, probing, etc.) that you might need. At the time I didn't see a way to add user macros for an ATC, 4th axis brake, or similar add-on equipment.

2. Step pulse output frequency. This has a maximum frequency of 200kHz per axis. Fine for steppers, but not fine for high-resolution servos unless you use electronic gearing and wind up losing the resolution.

These two items were deal killers based on my current and future CNC plans. However - I'm sure they've improved since I looked at them, and if I were building a fairly simple stepper-based machine (lathe or mill) I'd seriously consider one.