On Apr 9, 2012, at 2:03 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2012/4/9 Jeshua Lacock <jes...@3dtopo.com>: >> >> On Apr 8, 2012, at 7:37 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: >> >>> >>> 2012/4/8 Jeshua Lacock <jes...@3dtopo.com>: >>>> >>>> I was just thinking about the set up as I understand it (i.e. the Mesa >>>> card replacing my parallel port connected directly to the Geckos). It >>>> seems like the encoders would have to connect to the Mesa card to benefit >>>> from any increased encoder bandwidth. >>>> >>>> Am I missing something? >>> >>> Well, from Your first post on this thread, I understand that the >>> encoders are the reason for getting the Mesa card in first place :)) >>> And the hardware step generation is just a side benefit... >> >> I guess I am confused because you had stated: >> >>>>> (actually You might get away with no rewiring at all) >> > > I do not see any contradiction or something :) > From Your first post I understand that You already have connected Your > encoders to PC via parallel port, but the problem is that it is not > fast enough. If You get 5i25 card with a custom firmware so that its > pinout matches Your existing hardware setup, then You can read encoder > signals in 5i25 card and no rewiring would be needed. The same goes > for Gecko drives - with corresponding 5i25 pinout You do not need to > rewire anything to feed the step/dir signals to each drive. And as > Peter already told, that is not a problem to adjust the pinout of > particular firmware.
Hi Viesturs, How is that possible? The encoders are connected to the Geckos, not through the parallel port…. Best, Jeshua Lacock Founder/Engineer 3DTOPO Incorporated <http://3DTOPO.com> Phone: 208.462.4171 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
