CNC solder paster dispenser - how do I approach this.

[Jonathan]

Does USBCNC include the equivalent of 'brains' in mach3 as I can't see any mention of it on their website (www.planet-cnc.com)?
If not then it looks like you'll have to generate code which has a line, or point, for each pad and use dwell commands/adjust the feedrate. What I suggested originally with using the direction pin would work enable you to set the time the axis is down for. Can add a delay with a 555 or a pic or something...might be worth trying as it's quick to set up.

Doing it in the Gcode allows better control though.

Then I don't think it would be to hard to write a script that reads the code and looks for the T number value then changes G4 P value to time required for that pad. Little like replace in note pad but more controlled

I could write a quick program to do that, but find and replace will be fine. I use that all the time to edit the code when I accidentally put the wrong feedrates/retract height in.