Geiss 5 Axis Router and Mastercam

[Mick]

Hi there,

 

I'm curious, does anyone out there know of anyone using a late model Geiss 5 Axis router successfully with Mastercam? The reason being, I've had an enquiry from a potential customer who wants some programming done, and it would be nice to know if its feasible. I'm not certain of the model, but the machine is only 18 months old. I assume, that if the machine uses proprietary code, then Mastercam would be out of the question.

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

I seem to remeber one of these. Can you send me the control info and some code?

[Mick]

Hehe...I knew someone would ask this...I'm off to have a look at the machine today, so I'll post the details later

[Mick]

Arrgh! In typical fashion, the information turned out to be incorrect. The machine is in fact a Routec R200 XM Robot 5 Axis router with a NUM 1020/1040/1060 controller.

So, the next question is: Do you know anything about these? It looks like I may need to help out with some programming for this. However, I'm sure it wont be worth me organising a custom post for it :/ Well, probably not. Anyway, any information would be appreciated

[Mick]

Speaking before acting, (as usual), I did a search on the forum. It seems InHouse have done work with these brand of routers, so I've sent an email off to Dave