On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 08:36 -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: > No. deskcnc uses a proprietary protocol to communicate with its external > box and is not compatible with emc2. > > This system plus suitable motors is what the earlier poster may have had > in mind: > http://pico-systems.com/smallpwm.html > > Jeff
Oops, I missed that. I concur. The Desk CNC and other controllers that use a serial, USB or anything other than the parallel port to pass information from the PC to the controller, are not compatible with EMC. Controller/drivers that use the parallel port to get command information from the PC are compatible if they were designed to work with EMC. Most (maybe all) step/direction and PWM drivers are compatible with EMC. (A treasure trove* of) EMC hardware information is here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?EMC2_Supported_Hardware ( * slightly inaccurate : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_trove ) -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
