Geert De Pecker wrote: > Hi, > > It is not quit clear to me what exactly is needed in order to do > threading on the lathe with emc: > > Do you need a single synchronization pulse from the spindle to act as a > base for the sync > > Or > > Do you need a sync pulse AND an encoder (eg 50 ppr) together? You need a three channel encoder, with A B and index. You also need some way to read these signals into the computer. I don't recommend trying to do this with the software encoder Hal component. I don't know if there is a description of this on the wiki, yet.
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