Hey everyone! I thought you might all be interested in a new product we quietly launched last week: https://www.avidcnc.com/avid-cnc-ex-control-system-features-and-benefits-p-1397.html I’m calling this the “unofficial launch” announcement because we’re still finishing up our media, documentation, …

when I built my pro4848 couple years ago, i did not get any electronics from avid. I run the usual 3 axes and rotary from centroid on a standard acorn board. I went this route only to get closer to main stream programing and macro capabilities. I was a manufacturing eng for many years and wrot…

[image] Paul: I do hope that the software they release will be compatabe with my current system “All” we did was customize CNC12 to make thing easier for our users. This makes setup for someone that has an Avid CNC machine way easier than starting from scratch with CNC12. What this means for…

Have you guys experimented at all with automatic tool changers and CNC12? I’ve been tempted by them for a while, but afraid of trying to make them work with mach4.

[image] greenleaf: Have you guys experimented at all with automatic tool changers and CNC12 Personally I have. Before working at Avid I built my own ATC system on a production 4x8 machine. Centroid/Acorn rocks for ATC. There’s a lot of documentation and built in software support for it.

On that note… Any chances Avid will release an ATC spindle? If so, would you say it’ll be released in the next months, quarters, or years?

[image] Eric: Why did we do this? In short: To set us (and you!) up for the future. We’ll have more to say soon, but I can say a couple of things: -This new platform sets us up to release a lot of neat stuff -We haven’t stopped working since this launch :wink:

[image] Sergio: On that note… Any chances Avid will release an ATC spindle? If so, would you say it’ll be released in the next months, quarters, or years? Here’s a good answer for you: ATC is coming! Read on for more details

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This is awesome! With the coming ATC and a USB-BOB, it looks like all the work is done for my dreams of a big kid cnc console are coming true! Now just the wait. It’s already killing me. Do you know if it will work with other ATC spindles like cncdepot’s?

Will it be a Hiteco ATC spindle, or a different brand? Curious minds want to know :grin:

👀 New Controls "Unofficial" Launch

Eric August 13, 2024, 9:22pm 24

Here’s a good answer for you: ATC is coming! Read on for more details

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👀 New Controls "Unofficial" Launch

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