AKKON Release notes Update 10.09.2007 1.) Extended: Configuration of accuracy of tools from 1/10 mm to 1/100mm 2.) Fixed: G03-G03-error for G03-G03 and G02-G02 3.) Fixed: Reset function has not been worked every time 4.) Fixed: Error on milling of circles (problem on mechanics of machine) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 11.09.2007 1.) Solved: G03-G03-G03 as well as G03-G00 problem ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 15.09.2007 1.) Fixed: Drill cycle simulatnoues movement in y and z, tool height was not correct initialized 2.) Extended: Configuration of full or half step mode using Akkon.ini file, Tested, OK 3.) Improved: Simple step in manual mode 4.) Improved: Delay between Step and EnableStepperCard not validated 5.) Improved: Switch from Automatic to Manual mode, progrram execution will stop, Tested OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 24.09.2007 1.) Extended: Integration on firmware update into AKKON Desk for PIC18F4550 USB CNC controller 2.) Improvement of manual feed including accelleration and de-accelleration of three independent axis 3.) Improvement: Configuration of manual mode using AKKON.ini for different hardware plattforms ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 29.09.2007 1.) Improved: Manual mode 2.) Fixed: Imax to AKKON.ini 3.) Fixed: Enable and Half pin 4.) Fixed: IMax of Z-axis always had maximum current 5.) Improved: SaveAs-Dialog in CNC-File-viewer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 30.09.2007 Akkon Desk Version 1.1, Build: 1.1.1.6 Akkon Firmware, Version 1.2, Build: 30th of September 2007 1.) Fixed: Moving in manual mode and pressing Emergency button => machine moved, problem still not fully solved 2.) Improved: Extended program key: Pause automatic mode by pressing Space key 3.) Fixed: G87 goto start position before finishing SubD 4.) Improved: Set feed for G87, G88, G89 by extension of feed Solution 1 Example: N00580 G88 X20 Y10 Z10 R3 L17 B10 Q0 U2 V1 W1 F50; SubD Solution 2: N00560 F100 ; set feed; N00580 G88 X20 Y10 Z10 R3 L17 B10 Q0 U2 V1 W1; SubD Solution 2: N00560 F100 ; set feed; N00580 G88 X20 Y10 Z10 R3 L17 B10 Q0 U2 V1 W1 F50; SubD => F100 will be restored. If all feeds are 0, standard feed of 50 will be selected 5.) Improved: AKKON Desk, eliminated additional G00 on Contour 6.) Important: If AKKON Desk is very slow, please disable Power managment check box in Hardware->Devices->Akkon-Device Driver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 01.10.2007 1.) Fixed Feed settings on G81, G87, G88 2.) Improved: Added feed info to AKKON Desk (lblTool) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 03.10.2007 1.) Fixed: Pressing spindle on 2.) Fixed: Boost feed mode for reference move and tool change move 3.) Improved: Extended debug window 4.) Improved: Setting Signal for Full and Half step activ low, active high. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 05.10.2007 1.) Published fully installation manual for AKKON CNC system 2.) Improved: Integration of hardware configuration into AKKON user interface 3.) Improved: Modification of Usb-Driver name ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 07.10.2007 Akkon Desk Version 1.1, Build: 1.1.1.13 1.) Improved: Added program number to debug output 2.) Fixed: Movement to reference position worked only once after reset 3.) Fixed: Wrong feed on change form G00=>G03 or G03=>G00 (resp. G02) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 20.10.2007 Akkon Desk Version 1.1, Build: 1.1.1.25 1.) Extended: Viewer of covered milling path 2.) Improved: Switch off hardware configuration dialog (reason: functionality of Emergency button on keyboard) 3.) Improved: Disable Cursor timeout and consequently switching off enable of stepper motor cards during automatic mode 4.) Fixed: Settings of flags Switching of IMAX 5.) Improved: Automatic halt of program if limit switch is acticated in automatic mode (reason: program exeed outlines of machine) 6.) Fixed: Regional settings of operating system of Resolution caused division by zero 7.) Fixed: settings of flags for full and half step mode 8.) Improved: Automatic mode moving to reference position (total distance was depending on program state 9.) Fixed: Radius correction 10.) Fixed: Enabling hardware setting dialog by toolbar during automatic mode (safety reasons) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 28.01.2008 Akkon Desk Version 1.1, Build: 1.1.1.42 1.) Improved: Cursor movement with slow stepping 2.) Improved: Possible program length of CAM-Listbox extended to program numbers > 65535 3.) Extended: Different resolution values for pair x, y and z-Axis 4.) Extended: Resolution to 1/10000 mm 5.) Improved: Feed setting dialog 6.) Fixed: Processing of G66-Command procduced error on parameter B 7.) Extended: Tab-Characters produced program error 8.) Fixed: Error on establishing RS232 connection with invalid COM port 9.) Extended: Auto-zoom on resizing application window 10.) Improved: Zoom extent 11.) Impoved: Program performance on processing of cnc code 12.) Extended: Execution time 13.) Imporved: CAM-Listbox, processing of 65535 program lines 14.) Extended: Program restart button 15.) Extended: Support for half-automactic update 16.) Fixed: Error on change of feed 17.) Controller Hardware: 1.) Improved: CNC interpolator for stepping frequencies > 10KHz for line processing (measured 27 KHz without overhead) 2.) Extended: Hardware versions using dsPIC30F4011 (RS232-Version) with more speed 3.) Extended: Hardware versions using LPC2148 (RS232-Version, hardware will be released) 4.) Improved feed calculation for axis with different resolution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 02.04.2008 Akkon Desk Version 1.1, Build: 1.1.1.xx 1.) Fixed: ax1, ay1 and az1 input error after save 2.) Improved: Manual feed 3.) Fixed: Timer settings 4.) Fixed: Settings application timeout 5.) Improved: Behaviour of feed: After finishing a program, AKKON Desk switches to manual mode and sets manual feed to current slider position. This functionality only works if a program has the command M30 at the end 6.) Improved: Disable stepper motor card enable signal after disconnecting the controller 7.) Bug: Reaching a limit switch in automatic mode let the controller stay in automatic mode. => Solution: If a limit switch is reached during automatic program execution, the program will be aborted. not solved yet 8.) Extended: Implementation of Run/Pause input on controller. Controller will Pause on M12-Command until Run-Flag is set The detailed functionality is described in TN007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 15.04.2008 1.) Fixed: decimal separator for country specific settings of , and . caused wrong calculation in G86 and other macro commands 2.) Identified: Problem with Windows Vista with country specific settings. 3.) Fixed: G86 geometry error if commands before never were set to G40, G41 or G42. Now, default setting is G40 also, after reload 4.) Improved: Graphical view after loading a program 5.) Improved: CNC-Code-Processing-performance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 23.04.2008 1.) Extended: AKKON Desk supports 3 Turrets 2.) Extended: Tool change can be defined by user using G-Code macros 3.) Extended: Added M00 command for pausing programs using G-Code 4.) Extended: AKKOn Desk suports tool correction in x- and y-direction (used for turning machines) 5.) Extended: Documentation of G-Codes 6.) Improved: Program flow after execution no more produces cnc-commands for moving to old position after tool change ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 03.05.2008 1.) Fixed: Calculation of Maximum speed extended to unsigned int as well as update of maximum value on controller 2.) Extended: AKKON firmware exteded with external interface for additional devices (not supported on this version yet) 3.) Extended: AKKON firmware manages extended interface for tool change ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 05.05.2008 1.) Improved: Manual tool change using tool-change definition files 2.) Improved: Automatically switch to manual mode after tool change (M51) 3.) Fixed: Failure in height calculation of tools during tool change ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 18.05.2008 Akkon Desk Version 1.1, Build: 1.1.1.61 1.) Fixed: Set Wx produced wrong calculation of position 2.) Improved: Accuracy of processing time of a CAM-job ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 23.05.2008 Akkon Desk Version 1.1, Build: 1.1.1.63 1.) Extended: Port to Windows VISTA (running in compatibility mode) 2.) Fixed: Cpugetspeed cased program abort on Windows VISTA 3.) Fixed: Save motor config flags in ini-file 4.) Extended: Motor enable signal can be configured to active high or active low