If I remember correctly, one of the sample configurations I was reading 
about used a counter (instead of encoder) and only one line of the 
encoder.  Perhaps you could use the counter instead of the encoder?

HTH
Roger Neal


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From: "Kirk Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 1:25 AM
Subject: [Emc-users] UnivPWM and Spindle Encoder


> My lathe has a pulse generator with an index signal, but while trying 
> to
> hook it up to my UnivPWM controller, I am beginning to think that it's
> not compatible with the controller. Are the encoder inputs only
> compatible with quadrature encoders? I can utilize a software encoder
> counter in HAL on another parallel port, but I believe that software
> counters would be too slow. Is fitting a quadrature encoder my only
> option? Thank you.
>
> Kirk Wallace
>
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