Greetings all; My G0704 is at the moment, precluded from my bringing a rotary table down from the shop and just plugging it in when I need it, which is how I have it configured on the toy mill, which, while I have the5i25's to do it, is still running software stepping o the parport. But because I needed some home switches on the G0704, that 4th stepper was removed from the loadrt line to get me usable I/O for homeing.
My Bad, as I should have built the 3nd, cable & bob for P2 on the 5i25. I can change it of course but the big box has no remaining room for the 4th driver anyway without mounting it and a supply externally. I will probably do it eventually, but its going to be a major PIMA to get it all rebuilt. As I initially setup the 7i90HD, my thoughts are that what gpio I do use should probably start at the last available pins on the 3rd 50 pin connector, and grow downward from there, so that if, in the future, I add another encoder, pwmgen or stepgen to run some accessory (toolpost grinder for instance) to the controlled items, they will presumably be grown across the 1st 50 pin connector to 2 2nd, and eventually meeting the gpio in the middle, but at no point, given time and imagination limits remaining for me, will I be forced to re-write my hal file, and rewire a boatload of stuff to get it out of the way when another stepgen or whathaveyou is added. Is this a realistic target? Having enough leftover gpio to actually do what I want, or that should be done, is going to be great. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
