Here is the wiki page with some deeper explanations of the USB/RS232 issues:
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Emc2HardwareDesign On Jul 31, 2012, at 17:09 , jeremy youngs wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I use USB mice and keyboards on my LinuxCNC machine, it works fine. USB >> doesn't work for hooking up the motion control hardware itself, but it >> works fine for everything else. >> >> RS232 is not well suited for motion control hardware. The parallel port >> is much better. >> THANX well sort of now i dont have anything to think about :) >> > -- > jeremy youngs > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Sebastian Kuzminsky ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
