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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
