Re: [Machinekit] EtherCat / CANopen for lathe retrofit

2018-12-11 Thread Frederic Rible
Bas, thank you, we will study EtherCat. STMBL is quite cool: may be an alternative for re-using our existing Fanuc motors. Frederic. On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 9:24:36 AM UTC+1, Bas de Bruijn wrote: > > > We’re running the LCEC (LinuxCNC Ethercat Component) in a non-CNC project, > and

Re: [Machinekit] EtherCat / CANopen for lathe retrofit

2018-12-11 Thread Bas de Bruijn
Hi Frederic, > On 11 Dec 2018, at 07:43, Frederic Rible wrote: > > Hello, > > After having battled with original analog drives, we are considering > switching to EtherCat servo drives for our Mori-Seiki SL-0 lathe retrofit. > Any information about EtherCat maturity under MK running on a PC?

[Machinekit] EtherCat / CANopen for lathe retrofit

2018-12-10 Thread Frederic Rible
Hello, After having battled with original analog drives, we are considering switching to EtherCat servo drives for our Mori-Seiki SL-0 lathe retrofit. Any information about EtherCat maturity under MK running on a PC? Also, we are studying CANopen alternative, but EtherCat looks more