On Saturday 19 December 2020 18:23:18 Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/19/2020 04:32 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I did a look-see with giggle and a few hits down from the first, > > says its being phased out, meaning since its now a decade old, > > support will vanish shortly. So I'd not put it in any new upgrades > > or conversions. Not to mention its pricey, waaaay pricey. > > > > You make the stuff to run almost any pmdc motor to much higher > > performance than the motor maker ever dreamed of, so I'd certainly > > not drop $1000 to $4500 per axis to use somebody else's proprietary > > stuff when its tuning knobs are guarded by proprietary software. > > A potential customer has a WORKING machining center with > these drives, but an ancient CNC control, > and is looking at a LinuxCNC retrofit. It looks like these > are analog velocity servos, so I think I can set him up with > my PPMC interface. > That's a good enough reason, Jon and gets LinuxCNC in the door, opening up that customer by upping, maybe even doubling his productivity in parts per hour. He has got to like that. If he is willing to learn how to use the improved coding LCNC makes possible. I'm assuming you can see the docs of its tool and pallet changers. I'd like to be a fly on the wall. > Jon > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
