On 12-11-26 03:46 PM, Allen wrote: > On 12-11-26 02:57 PM, Jack Coats wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Allen <g...@nidaho.net> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I apologies in advance, I'm largely uneducated in this field, the >>> nomenclature may prove to be an obstacle at first. >>> >>> I am considering the purchase of an older CNC router (about 12 years old). >>> What information should I provide to you to determine if the DC steppers >>> on the machine will work with the EMC/LinuxCNC. >>> >>> Thanks, Allen >> You are at the right place. If the stepper motor controllers have >> 'step and direction' inputs, you should be OK. There are devices, >> like GECKO's, that you could refer to with your specific model and >> manufacturer of the motors that could tell you if they could control >> them in case your current system doesn't have the driver hardware for >> the steppers, and LinuxCNC does GREAT driving steppers attached >> through Gecko's and many othe rbrands of stepper drivers. Gecko is >> just one of the best known and a high quality brand. Not that others >> aren't too. >> >> www.geckodrive.com >> >> Take care. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single >> web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, >> SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. >> Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> > All I know at the moment is it uses the stuff illustrated in the diagram > below. (Hows that for technical jar-gin, "Stuff"). > Dose this help? > How it Works Diagram > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single > web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, > SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > Apparently the diagram didn't leave with the email. I'll see if I can get it to attach some how.
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