I have a hitachi-seiki vmc that i will be retrofitting, and I am planning on
using the mesa electronics M5i20 PCI card. see http://www.mesanet.com/ .
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 6:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> hi Tony,
>
> we are releasing a new motenc board that will provide servo and stepper
> controls. the io are similar to motencLite with opto22 style connectors.
> In addition, we are also planning fieldbus I/O support (most likely
> devicenet) that will extend the i/o points to accomodate large mills. the
> fieldbus I/O come in a variety of ac/dc/relay contacts. so you don't need to
> use opto22 style i/o boards.
>
> Abdul Rafiq
> www.VitalSystem.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tony Bussan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 10:16:02 AM
> Subject: [Emc-users] Large Retrofit Advice
>
> I am hoping that I can get some advice from those of you that have done
> large scale retrofits of bigger machines. We have a Cincinnati Millicron
> with tool changer that we are retrofitting with EMC2.
>
> What motion control cards have you had good success with? Right now I am
> leaning toward the Motenc-lite.
>
> How are you handling the 5/24 volt transition between computer and
> machine?
> Are the Motenc breakout boards good enough or is OPTO22 the only way to
> go?
>
> How are you handling the massive number of I/O? I have something like 116
> in and 38 out digital. I don't think I want to use parports. Is there a
> generic large digital I/O PCI board I am not finding?
>
> Has anyone done much modification to AXIS to make it more compatible with
> existing physical control panels? Removing duplicate buttons and sliders
> from AXIS, etc.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tony Bussan
>
>
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