On 25 April 2010 13:45,  <[email protected]> wrote:

> OK, that's a good idea.  If there are two sensors spaced such that only
> the longer element can activate them at the same time, the two outputs can
> be ANDed together to provide the index.

I suppose it depends on how many pins are available. This is a
parallel port system but I am assuming only a 2-axis (ie Lathe) one,
so there might be enough pins for the job. My lathe has a milling head
but even then I had enough pins for 3 axis limit/home switches and a
2-channel (pulse and index) spindle encoder.
It was actually the pin shortage that persuaded me to switch to a 7i43
card configuration. (I wanted guard interlocks, e-stop detection, mill
spindle encoder etc)

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atp

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