On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 12:16 -0500, Brian W. Gilman wrote: > Hi, > > I have a gantry type router made in California with a SoftServo > versiobus (right now using Win2000), Ormec firewire servo drives and an > Elte spindle (Yaskawa drive). It came with the SoftServo software, but > nobody's very happy with it. Part of the reason is that the drives can't > be tuned, and performance is less than satisfactory. > I'm considering dumping the software for EMC2, and would like to know > how difficult it will be to configure. The versiobus does all of the I/O > right now, and most of the PLC stuff is ok the way it is. I imagine I'll > have to redo the ladder once the new system is installed, but I need to > know if I have to swap out any/all of the electronics. I didn't see any > of the hardware on the EMC hardware list. I haven't started yet, but > would like to soon. > > Brian
In my opinion, you will not be able to use the versiobus or the networked servo drives unless you wanted to invest in having someone create the software to enable EMC to talk to them. Depending on your budget, time available; and that EMC is open source, with the talent available from this list, this may be a viable solution. Otherwise, you could use servo drives that use analog or PWM inputs (maybe your existing drives have these as an option?) and select an EMC supported IO device. Having EMC talk to PLC's is still in development. If you could provide more details, we may be able to better advise you on this. Be prepared to "get under the hood" with any EMC based solution. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
