On 28 February 2014 13:36, Michael Haberler <mai...@mah.priv.at> wrote:
>> The question, then, is how come Mach3 can have USB cabling, but LinuxCNC >> can't? (see the KX* mills from Arc Eurotrade in the UK; now with USB input) > > I have no idea about that API uses over USB, but I'd be curious There is a clue on page 26 here: http://www.warp9td.com/documentation/SmoothStepperUserManualV1.0.pdf It looks like the SmoothStepper accepts 1kHz position data, rather similarly to the Mesa and Pico boards. The difference seems to be a buffer of around 1 second. I assume that e-stop (at least) is handled on-board. I rather assume that limit switches and homing need to be too. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
