A couple more thoughts on TABLET INPUT ... Unfortunately, the implementation of "touch" on the tablet does not let you hold down one of the little buttons on the yellow ShopBot Keypad (there might be a change to the type-matic function to fix it, but I haven't found it). So ... One option is to make use of the Keypad via a wireless keyboard. I have a small one that is a bit diffby Ted Hall, ShopBot - Handibot Forum
Hi Shawn, This is a tad belated ... but with respect to your original question: Where we are heading with the Handibot (and ShopBot controllers in general) is a full open-source hardware and software system that you can access at virtually any level. I wrote a couple of things earlier today in more recent threads that provide a little more detail ... we're still a few weeks out on ourby Ted Hall, ShopBot - Handibot Forum
And, if needed backup copies of the posts for PW3D-Cut3D are in >> C:\SbParts\PartWorksPosts\Archival ... You would want to copy the two "ShopBot TC" posts into the PW3D or Cut3D PostP folder (location depends on whether you have the ShopBot- or Vectric-named version). A work-around for a file that does not have a Router-On command in it is to turn on Output 1 before you run tby Ted Hall, ShopBot - Handibot Forum
Hi Gil, I've probably answered some of these questions in the thread just before this one. For many of the reasons you've pointed out, we have been very excited about moving forward with an alternative to the Sb3.exe system. It is becoming dated and very constrained by the limitations of Windows styles and VB. (It is also the case, that early out, because of safety concerns for clby Ted Hall, ShopBot - Handibot Forum
Hello WJ, Yes ... it's taking us a little longer than we would like to get our first/introductory SDK out. But we're hoping it will be up on the Handibot site in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned. A starting point is this link to ShopBot's transition roadmap to open-source hardware and software (you might also want to look over the ShopBot developers page just to get our nby Ted Hall, ShopBot - Handibot Forum
On pushing the motors around -- As per the website reference above, in general pushing stepper motors is a bad idea because of potential damage to drivers. That said, it is the case that the Gecko drivers in the Handibot are pretty robust and will stand up to some gentle pushing around. So it is a reasonable way to do the Z-Zeroing. It is also the case that just moving the tool about in the woby Ted Hall, ShopBot - Handibot Forum
Hello WJ, We are still on track to pursue the "distributed manufacturing" strategy described during our Kickstarter campaign. You can find it detailed here. We've been refining how we'll manage it based on what we've learned as we've developed manufacturing and quality assurance procedures here in house. We have already had a number of potential producers in Euby Ted Hall, ShopBot - Handibot Forum
Hi Mark, This is really a nifty little example of how much more accessible technology is to us these days ... and a pretty clever application of it on your part. Ted Hall, ShopBotby Ted Hall, ShopBot - Handibot Forum
Hi Gil, Yes, there is. It is one we have been experimenting with for awhile and that will be described in the initial "Developer" materials we are working on. It is a system that allows the simulation of an app on a device communicating with a Handibot, with the understanding that the Handibot is being run by a small PC which is the intermediary. During our initial work on the Kicby Ted Hall, ShopBot - Handibot Forum
Hi gclayton, I’ll just elaborate on a couple of David’s responses because we are very excited about the Smart Tool “apps” and defining the development framework for them. We have probably been a bit too distracted in the last couple of months with the physical side of Handibots – in particular, finalizing a basic design to begin development work that would be stable for some period for thosby Ted Hall, ShopBot - Handibot Forum