I heard that! I know what it's like to be busy! I would like to use it when you get it finished.....I used a Comfile Technologies Cubloc 290 in mach 3 this way and it worked good.....96 I/O points for about $150.00 good!
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Wille Padnos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project > Dave Keeton wrote: > >>Fantastic...The new version of classic ladder has the modbus option in the >>config. But the version with EMC 2.1.7 does not have this. This could open >>up alot of I/O for me for a solid operators station. Can the classic >>ladder >>in EMC be upgraded? If you could check the inputs in classic ladder I >>could >>turn the pushbutton lights on without tieing up I/O points on my Motenc >>card. I would like to save these for machine critical functions like >>overtravel switches and home switches. If the status of these inputs could >>sent to emc then I could use them to switch modes etc..... >> >> > The driver I have just exports HAL pins, so you could connect them to > whatever you want, including classic ladder. > > I haven't looked at the CL code, so I'm not sure what would need to be > done to get modbus support back into the EMC2 version. I may look at > that as well, but I'm not exactly looking forward to that part, so I may > be lazy and not do it :) > I have an interest in getting serial, ethernet, and USB drivers that > work in at least pseudo-realtime, but it's not the highest thing on my > priority list at the moment. > > - Steve > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
