Thanks John....
I looked at the Axiom card and I thought it was ISA only.
The only PC I have that has an ISA slot is old AMD K6II 475... It is a
little unstable but I might play with it some. So you can use any combo of
I/O boards with out conflict?
Thanks again,
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kasunich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Classicladder
> Dave Keeton wrote:
>> Thats OK Chris...I'm just trying to find a way to expand the I/O
>> capabilities of EMC. It seems that the servo hardware that has been
>> chosen
>> is pretty much limited to 32 ins and 16 outs. Hardly enough for big iron
>> with pallet and tool changers, quills (W) and indexing and rotary tables
>> all
>> on one machine. Maybe I am looking in the wrong place! I will continue to
>> look into the MODBUS and keep you posted. My config file is pretty much
>> identical to yours. When I hooked it up to Mach3 it took about ten
>> minuetes
>> to configure everything and it worked great! I just hate tying up I/O for
>> things like worklights, chip conveyors and wash down systems when I/O is
>> in
>> such short supply. I have one machine at the shop that has 127 inputs and
>> 72
>> outputs! What other options are there? None I could find unless you want
>> to
>> add 4 Motenc-Lite cards to your system. Hardly cost effective.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
> There are cards out there that simply provide I/O. The Mazak at the CNC
> workshop as a Motenc card as its primary servo card, and an AX5214H 48
> channel I/O card for toolchanger stuff. The AX5214 is an ISA card, but
> there are probably PCI versions available.
>
> EMC2 allows you to mix and match any combination of I/O devices, so you
> don't have to use expensive servo cards if all you need is digital I/O.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Kasunich
>
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