Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 21 09:22:52 EST 2010 | cwhite30
I have a camalot 1818 dispensing system, but it recently stopped booting up. It gets to the 197 vision initialization screen and then freezes with the message "bad command or file name could not communicate with vp" Does anyone know how to fix this?
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 03 14:38:42 EST 2011 | leemeyer
I had this problem awhile back and it turned out to be a problem with the computer Bios settings. The battery had gone dead and the settings were set back to the default state. Luckily I have 2 of these machines and was able to reset the Bios configu
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 05 14:53:59 EST 2011 | cwhite30
I got it working. The computer backup battery did indeed die. I obtained the bios settings from the manufacturer. Thanks
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 19 00:17:53 EDT 2022 | proy
Has anyone here experience with re-purposing a Camalot dispenser (dos based 90's vintage)? It is a really robust and accurate gantry, would like to create programs to raise and lower a spindle mounted to the head - the 1414 I have has fudicial camer
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 04 15:53:27 EDT 2009 | emanuel
Maybe it will sound a little obsolete, but I need to know if there is or where to get a software package to be used with a CAM/ALOT dispenser for solder paste. Is there a dedicated program or any kind of gerber translator out there?
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 07 02:18:52 EDT 2009 | emanuel
I sent them a couple of emails a while ago. Both were replied with an automatic answer saying they will reply soon. The 1818 is not on the list of supported models, according to their announcement from Sept.2007, the 1818 is replaced by the FX/D. I
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 07 11:31:54 EDT 2012 | aquinn
Hi I am using an old Camalot 1818 to dispense squares of epoxy on a substrate. Does anyone know if it is possible to do an array of squares across the entire substrate rather than individually entering the coordinates of each square? Thanks!
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 02 15:31:12 EDT 2010 | clarence
We are in need of a complete set of manuals (Originals or photocopy) for our Camalot 1818 machine. Willing to pay a reasonable price for these manuals. Please respond if you are able to assist us.
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 30 12:54:38 EDT 2012 | rway
Try this. http://www2.binghamton.edu/ieec/facilities/process/docs/Camalot1818DispensingSystem.pdf They might be able to help. Have you tried acquiring the manual from Speedline?
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 24 12:15:03 EST 2010 | clarence
Thanks for your offer to help. Fortunately we were able to locate a set of manuals on CD.
