I'm about to start converting my lathe to cnc and I am wondering how other users of the 5i20 + 7i33 have wired it up.
I have some +/-10v servo controllers that I am planning to drive with the 5i20+7i33 combo. My computer is about 3 meters away. I was planning to house the servos in an electrical enclosure next to the lathe, and obviously, the 5i20 in the PC. I was planning on putting the 7i33 in the electrical enclosure, and running the 5i20 signals from the PC to the 7i33 in the enclosure. For cabling I was looking at SCSI 50 wire cables with centronics connectors on each end. I'll make up sockets on each end. I'll probably run 2 cables to get to another set of IO pins. Any thoughts on my plan? Should the 7i33 be close to the PC, or is it OK being far way? Should I run the analog/encoder signals through the long wire? Is a SCSI cable OK for this? I can't find any information about whether all wires are straight through. I vaguely remember seeing the words "twisted pair" in one of the description. Will 50 conductor ribbon cable be too susceptible to noise? Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Frank www.franksworkshop.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
