On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 01:44:34PM -0500, Ken Strauss wrote: > I recently got a Renishaw MP7 IR probe from eBay. Has there been any further > success with reverse engineering the interface? According to the manual that > came with my probe it is turned on/off by briefly spinning it at 500 rpm to > actuate an internal centrifugal switch. It uses a standard 9v battery. The > recommended interface box is an MI7 + OMM. There are reasonably priced MI7 > on eBay but the OMM listing are about $1000!
Weird - I'm pretty sure mine is a MP7, and it is turned on and off with a signal over the IR. I have the OMM+MI7 interface. Of course to receive the signal, some part of it has to be alive all the time, but it isn't sending and the battery lasts a good while. I have never spun it. The very idea makes me shiver. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
