Hi John, all. Sorry, when I re'd it was just to John instead of the group. So...
I'm back at it. I posted here about a year ago, in this thread. I finally got a scope on the wires for my mill. The glass output is 5v digital quad output. Looks very close to 5um per step, so I'm going with that. The drive on the servos looks like the standard +-10 volts differential. But the Anilam is driving one pin at ~25% of the other. I'm not worried because with 6 volts the thing moves at 120ipm. So what I think I need is the Mesa 7i48. 6 channel servo output with quad encoder inputs. but what I'm not sure about is which of the anything i/o board I should use. I'm guessing that I don't need that much horse power and the likes of the 5I24-25-SP should do? After going through the wiring on this mill I now feel comfortable enough to replace the old Anilam hardware with new stuff. It will be nice to disappear that huge box. Another question I have. Would it be a big deal to go PC-104? That would really keep the size of the new hardware down. I've never worked with a PC-104 before. The pc-104 version of the LX25 board is like $140 more than the PCI version. I don't get that. I will keep the servo amp rack separate as I'm sure someday I'll replace it with modern/smaller stuff. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
