On Thursday 04 May 2017 07:40:20 andy pugh wrote: > On 4 May 2017 at 03:29, Chris Albertson <[email protected]> wrote: > > You'd get the best bandwidth by using RS422 but the cost is higher > > because you'd need the intel PC and the serial and graphic cards. > > You would also need to Hostmot2 driver layer for serial, and there > isn't one. > > The 7i90 can connect to LinuxCNC with the parport now, using existing > drivers. And it is perfectly fast enough for the job at hand. (I > certainly never noticed any lack of bandwidth with my 7i43)
But the only box I have that fits that description is a huge swarf magnet Dell with an old slow p4 in it. I've no clue how fast its parport might be. The only reason I haven't binned it is its my programmer for the 7i90's. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
