Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on building a mill controller with EMC2

2007-09-06 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Original-Nachricht Datum: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:17:41 -0500 Von: Jon Elson [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on building a mill controller with EMC2 Gerhard Pircher wrote: Von: Jon

[Emc-users] Need advice on building a mill controller with EMC2

2007-09-05 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Hi, I'm seeking for some comments about how to build a mill controller with EMC2, as I'm completely new to this topic. I got a 12 years old desktop mill, which was manufactured by KERN- Microtechnic [1]. The machine is in a very good condition, but some parts of the original mill controller (a

Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on building a mill controller with EMC2

2007-09-05 Thread RogerN
Your setup sounds very much like my Anilam setups. Tach feedback to drives, encoder feedback to controller, +-10V velocity command signal from controller to drive. I used a Mesa 5i20 ($199) and 7i33 ($69), I also use a 7i37(69) for I/O. I was originally looking at the Motenc Lite card but

Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on building a mill controller with EMC2

2007-09-05 Thread Jon Elson
Gerhard Pircher wrote: Hi, I'm seeking for some comments about how to build a mill controller with EMC2, as I'm completely new to this topic. I got a 12 years old desktop mill, which was manufactured by KERN- Microtechnic [1]. The machine is in a very good condition, but some parts of the

Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on building a mill controller with EMC2

2007-09-05 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Hi, The Mesa card looks interesting. Do you use it with the SoftDMC Digital Motion Control Firmware? What drivers do you use for the servo motors? Gerhard Original-Nachricht Datum: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 08:42:38 -0500 Von: RogerN [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on building a mill controller with EMC2

2007-09-05 Thread Gerhard Pircher
Original-Nachricht Datum: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:47:09 -0500 Von: Jon Elson [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on building a mill controller with EMC2 You might also take a look at my

Re: [Emc-users] Need advice on building a mill controller with EMC2

2007-09-05 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 09:45:49PM +0200, Gerhard Pircher wrote: The Mesa card looks interesting. Do you use it with the SoftDMC Digital Motion Control Firmware? With emc2, the hostmot firmware is used. With hostmot, emc sends velocity commands and reads encoder counts, performing closed-loop