On Apr 6, 2012, at 1:38 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2012/4/6 Jeshua Lacock <jes...@3dtopo.com>: >> >> Is there anything I will need to order besides the Mesa's 4I30? How simple >> is it to wire up? I assume the encoder signals go to the Mesa? How are the >> Geckos wired? What does the parallel port connect to? > > I have been using Mesa cards, but I am sticking with pci solutions. I > do not really understand, how do PC/104 cards connect to PC. Since > there is no such connector, some additional elements would be needed.
Hi Viesturs, Thank you, that is good to know. > That is why I think that 5i25 card would do much better - less > rewiring (actually You might get away with no rewiring at all) and > there also is price difference. Plug it straight in pci slot and > attach Your existing lpt cables to it. The only thing to do is sort > out the firmware - most probably, You will need to tell Mesa's people, > which exact pins are stepgen outputs, which pins are encoder inputs > and they shall arrange the rest - AFAIK the tool for users to > configure the 5i25 cards is not yet available. Very nice! Sounds absolutely perfect. Great price too! How many encoder counts per second does that card do? >> It would be helpful if I had an idea what I am getting myself into. > > Into some more learning new things... > Your HAL files will need an update too - the naming of pins will > change, software stepgens would go away and maybe some other things. > But that could be considered an easy task. Sounds much better than rewiring the whole system! Best, Jeshua Lacock Founder/Engineer 3DTOPO Incorporated <http://3DTOPO.com> Phone: 208.462.4171 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
