2013/8/5 andy pugh <[email protected]>

> On 5 August 2013 12:38, Sven Wesley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > New product that has documentation howto set up a step/dir config with
> > LinuxCNC. Interesting.
> > http://simplexmotion.com/
>
> That does look like quite an interesting system.
> I wonder what they are using for position feedback?
>
> Following the link to the shop they are less cheap than I had hoped,
> though not unreasonable/
>
> I then followed a link to a video:
> http://youtu.be/X_agTiic7XM
>
> I think that they have their proxes wired wrongly. (dim glow all the
> time, strong glow when activated).
> I had mine like that at first, it is a sign of NPN proxes wired PNP
> (or the other way round). Curiously it does still work.
>
>
I think you're correct, good catch. My first reaction is that the proxes
are mounted in a very bad way (malfunction will result in a switch acting
like a hard stop) but that has nothing to do with the motors, it's just bad
mechanical engineering.
The setup is pretty closely priced to the parts I used to use (and those
controllers are really good), then I know what I get. Hard to beat the
experience part of a product.

 @Viesturs, the motors can be controlled directly with step/dir motion. The
hub is not needed.
http://www.simplexmotion.com/documentation/SmApplicationNoteCncMachines01a.pdf

/S
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