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From: John Kasunich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Classicladder Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:17:00 -0400 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 If I remember we also used a parport breakout board from PMDX for it's charge pump and to watch the handwheel. Seems like there were a couple other things we did with that. John is absolutely right about the ability of HAL to ignore the source of a signal once it's read. Guess he ought to be, he designed it that way. Thanks for all the good work, John. Rayh Ray ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
