Hi Ian Yes you can mix steppers and step-and-direction servo. EMC won't know the difference but there is an additional step tuning the 320.
Rayh On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 12:55 +0000, Ian Wright wrote: > Hi, > > This is probably a silly question but is it possible to mix stepper and > servo drives on one machine? I'm a bit tight on funds just now but I > would really like to get a bit more speed out of my rotary axis so that > I can use it for screwcutting. I can screwcut on it now using its > present stepper drive but it is SO pedestrian. I would be thinking of > using a Gecko 320 which seems to act like a stepper but I'm not sure if > the axes would still maintain their coordination one to another - am I > talking rubbish?? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
