Maybe you could reprogram the animatics to accept step and direction on some inputs, if they're available and do it that way?
I had an IMS drive that I did that with to run linuxCNC. Definitely, not the preferred way to do it, though. The IMS setup I had didn't seem to work very well as the drivers had the integrated controller that had to convert step and direction with an onboard processor. I wouldn't recommend that setup w/ IMS smart drives (think it was an Mdrive). Also, with independent controllers on each motor like animatics, I would think latency would cause some issues. They'd be very minor, but one motor might lag a split second compared to another. I don't think it'd be too noticeable for most applications, but not as robust as step and direction. Mark On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 10:48 AM Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I'm thinking it might be possible for software like LCNC to do things > like translate complex moves the mill's controller doesn't have into > combinations of things it can do that would produce the same end result. > But first thing would be to just get it feeding the mill code it > understands so that old computers running DOS and ancient EMS can be done > away with. > > > On Thursday, April 1, 2021, 2:10:27 AM MDT, andy pugh < > bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 at 00:43, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users < > emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > I have all the technical info and some setup/configuration software for the > > Animatics servo controller but nobody is interested in adding support to > > LCNC. > > > I am not sure that you have ever explicitly asked anyone to. I thought you > were trying to do it yourself. > > > > Basically it streams gcode out by serial and listens for ack and things > > like hitting an end stop, monitoring the position encoders, and things > that > > will cause it to stop the machine > > > Though this does sound like DNC to an embedded controller, which isn't > usually considered a good fit for LinuxCNC. > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
