On 12-11-26 02:57 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Allen <g...@nidaho.net> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I apologies in advance, I'm largely uneducated in this field, the >> nomenclature may prove to be an obstacle at first. >> >> I am considering the purchase of an older CNC router (about 12 years old). >> What information should I provide to you to determine if the DC steppers >> on the machine will work with the EMC/LinuxCNC. >> >> Thanks, Allen > You are at the right place. If the stepper motor controllers have > 'step and direction' inputs, you should be OK. There are devices, > like GECKO's, that you could refer to with your specific model and > manufacturer of the motors that could tell you if they could control > them in case your current system doesn't have the driver hardware for > the steppers, and LinuxCNC does GREAT driving steppers attached > through Gecko's and many othe rbrands of stepper drivers. Gecko is > just one of the best known and a high quality brand. Not that others > aren't too. > > www.geckodrive.com > > Take care. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single > web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, > SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >
Jack, This web address will take you to the diagram I mentioned, (if you don't mind taking a minute to look at it). http://abilitysystems.com/howitworks.html Thanks, Allen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
