Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 10 December 2020 07:50:23 Sven Wesley wrote: > Den ons 9 dec. 2020 kl 17:41 skrev Sven Wesley : > > Maybe my intentions have been unclear and now I'm a bit confused. > > The drives provide a high signal on one pin when they are working. > > If they fail the pin goes low. My initial

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-10 Thread Sven Wesley
Den tors 10 dec. 2020 kl 14:30 skrev andy pugh : > On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 12:52, Sven Wesley wrote: > > > All will ground if one fails and then all will fail. I mean, it would be > OK > > but less optimal. > > Can you definitely not afford one io per drive? > > I guess I can, I also guess I got

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-10 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 12:52, Sven Wesley wrote: > All will ground if one fails and then all will fail. I mean, it would be OK > but less optimal. Can you definitely not afford one io per drive? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial

Re: [Emc-users] Can someone define what an angular scale is?

2020-12-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 10 December 2020 04:51:33 andy pugh wrote: > On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 at 23:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I noted that 1 turn of the bs-1 worm is exactly 10 degrees > > I would be surprised if that were the case. I think that dividing > heads are either 40:1 or 90:1, and the docs for the BS1

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 multi wire input

2020-12-10 Thread Sven Wesley
Den ons 9 dec. 2020 kl 17:41 skrev Sven Wesley : > > Maybe my intentions have been unclear and now I'm a bit confused. The > drives provide a high signal on one pin when they are working. If they fail > the pin goes low. My initial thought was to connect all four pins to one > input on the 7i96

Re: [Emc-users] Can someone define what an angular scale is?

2020-12-10 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 at 23:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > I noted that 1 turn of the bs-1 worm is exactly 10 degrees I would be surprised if that were the case. I think that dividing heads are either 40:1 or 90:1, and the docs for the BS1 say it is 40:1, or 9 degrees per rev. It would be better to