Aaron, Linuxcnc will almost certainly control the servo drives. The servo drives control the servo motors. Are the servo drives and servo motors in running condition? On Apr 21, 2013 12:55 PM, "aaron moore" <aaronmo...@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> Hello list > I work part time at Falmouth University where they have a £70,000 Pacer > CNC router that has gone wrong for the 2nd time in a year. Apparently the > drivers have a design fault and are now obselete. Pacer are happy to fix > them for £1000 a time but will not upgrade the machine. Does any one know > if LinuxCNC can be used on such a large servo set up and if so how do we go > about aquiring the necessary drivers and control gear assuming the sevos > themselves are useable? Big ask I know, but I only have stepper expeience > and am way out of my depth here. > Thanx to all who will advise > Best > Aaron > > Re-Form Furniture > Aaron Moore > Conileigh > Skinners Bottom > Redruth > Cornwall > TR16 5DY > > Tel: 01209 890084 > Mob: 07805686188 > Email:aaronmo...@linuxmail.org > Web: www.re-formfurniture.co.uk > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
