Ahh An interpreter tucked in hostmot?
Cal > cmg...@sover.net wrote: >> Can you (or any others) tutor (Or point to some reference reading) on >> how the the hardware and firmware of these Mesa boards can provide step >> pulses "faster" than the parallel port? My simple mind says "the board >> needs the step commands first, how can it direct the motors if it is >> still waiting for it's own commands". > > The trick is this: the command from emc2 to the 7i43 (or 5i20, or ...) > is *not* "take a step", it's "keep stepping *at* *this* *rate* until i > tell you otherwise". > > If you're familiar with the emc2 thread architecture, think of it as > running the base thread on the FPGA. > > > -- > Sebastian Kuzminsky > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
