Re: [Emc-users] 5I20 Stepper motors and encoders

2010-02-19 Thread Andy Pugh
On 19 February 2010 07:12, Belli Button be...@iafrica.com wrote: Here's a question for those in the know.  I have a 5I20 that I intend to use for driving step/dir signals for my stepper motors.  I would like to add encoders to the steppers so that I can measure if I have lost any steps at

Re: [Emc-users] 5I20 Stepper motors and encoders

2010-02-19 Thread Flying Electron
Andy Pugh wrote: On 19 February 2010 07:12, Belli Button be...@iafrica.com wrote: How can I get axis to display the desired positon and the encoder position? I don't know. But does it actually gain you much? If the numbers are different you need to stop You can use a pyvcp

Re: [Emc-users] 5I20 Stepper motors and encoders

2010-02-19 Thread Peter C. Wallace
] 5I20 Stepper motors and encoders Hello, Here's a question for those in the know. I have a 5I20 that I intend to use for driving step/dir signals for my stepper motors. I would like to add encoders to the steppers so that I can measure if I have lost any steps at some point. Question

Re: [Emc-users] 5I20 Stepper motors and encoders

2010-02-18 Thread Belli Button
Hello, Here's a question for those in the know. I have a 5I20 that I intend to use for driving step/dir signals for my stepper motors. I would like to add encoders to the steppers so that I can measure if I have lost any steps at some point. Question is, do I need the 7I33 for encoder