2009/12/12 Kirk Wallace <[email protected]>: > Just in case, here is a sample config using step type 9: > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/emc2/configs/ST-N_current/
There is a description of the stepgens here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?action=browse&diff=1&id=Stepgen It looks like Martin would want a type 10 for his bipolar drive, but that is a small change. > In reviewing the .hal file, I remembered that with four phases and a > drive enable for each axis, at least two parallel ports and buffer cards > are needed. There are 12 outputs, so indeed only enough for the phases on a 3-axis. I guess that you could hard-wire the amp-enable lines though (And I didn't see any sign that Martin's drive had a separate one, it might be built into some other part of the system) But yes, the pin-count of a single parallel port is rather too tight for this application. PCI Parallel cards are reasonably cheap on that eBay, though, and he should be able to try a couple of axes as a feasibility test. -- atp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
