Hello Flo,
At 21:16 23.01.2009, you wrote: >Hallo, >I new to EMC and before I start to work my self through the documentation >and try to get it running with my machine I'd like here your opinions: > >I'm looking for a solution to control a 4 axis CNC mill (3 axis router + >rotator axis). At the moment the mill is controlled using Mach 3 running >Windows XP. The mill is controlled by simple step and direction signals, >it is connect to the PC by using two LPT ports. So I think it should be >rather easy to setup EMC, right? > >The reason I'd like to change the soft CNC is that Mach 3 slows down the >machine dramatically on complex fine cuts with a large number of short G1 >movements. Can I expect an improvement of the cutting speed by utilizing >EMC? I think it depends on how good the tool path look ahead is. What can >I expect from EMC running on a standard PC (3 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 2 >PCI LPT cards)? > >I hope you can comment on my quite unspecific questions. > >Greetings >Flo > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >This SF.net email is sponsored by: >SourcForge Community >SourceForge wants to tell your story. >http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
