Re: [Emc-users] Control Panel for Axis

2007-05-30 Thread Andre' Blanchard
At 11:01 AM 5/30/2007, you wrote: >Jack Ensor wrote: > > I plan on wiring momentary push button switches in parallel with the > > appopriate short cut keys on the keyboard. One of the problems I see is > > that of providing for the 2 key combination required for the Home-All > > function. I assum

Re: [Emc-users] Control Panel for Axis

2007-05-30 Thread Jack Ensor
No. I don't think this would be the way to go. Jack Wayne Weedon wrote: >Jack Ensor wrote: > > >>I plan on wiring momentary push button switches in parallel with the >>appopriate short cut keys on the keyboard. One of the problems I see is >>that of providing for the 2 key combination requ

Re: [Emc-users] cheap servo board (was Source for Servo-Controllers in Germany)

2007-05-30 Thread Larry Kopas
there is another cheap servo board available at vitalsystem.com. I beleive they ship worldwide from us. 7544 MOTENC-Lite PCI 4-Axis Board (4DAC, 4ENC, 0ADC, 48 I/O) In Stock $249.00 $249.00 Larry - Original Message From: Seb James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] Control Panel for Axis

2007-05-30 Thread Wayne Weedon
Jack Ensor wrote: > I plan on wiring momentary push button switches in parallel with the > appopriate short cut keys on the keyboard. One of the problems I see is > that of providing for the 2 key combination required for the Home-All > function. I assume that the key assignment can be changed

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa & encoders

2007-05-30 Thread Seb James
On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 09:42 -0700, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2007, RogerN wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 09:34:21 -0500 > > From: RogerN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Source for Servo-Controllers in Germany

2007-05-30 Thread Seb James
On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:38 -0400, John Kasunich wrote: > Ray Henry wrote: > > Is this a ROSH compliance issue? > > > > On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 10:52 +0200, Christof Klaiber wrote: > >> Dear all, > >> > >> for a project in retrofitting some old lathes, I'd need a > >> controller-card for the servo d

Re: [Emc-users] Should I use Classic Ladder?

2007-05-30 Thread Seb James
On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 07:37 -0500, Ray Henry wrote: > Hi Seb > > I wrote the little ladder stuff in demo-step as a simple way to > illustrate the flexibility of ladder. > > I agree completely with John that for any kind of serious, servo powered > system, an estop that safely shuts down motion

Re: [Emc-users] Should I use Classic Ladder?

2007-05-30 Thread Seb James
On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 07:34 -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: > If you think the task can be done either way, the choice of using > classicladder or writing your own realtime component as a .comp or .c > file is yours. Personally I am not skilled at creating ladder diagrams, > so I'd write a .comp. We've

Re: [Emc-users] Source for Servo-Controllers in Germany

2007-05-30 Thread John Kasunich
Ray Henry wrote: > Is this a ROSH compliance issue? > > On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 10:52 +0200, Christof Klaiber wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> for a project in retrofitting some old lathes, I'd need a >> controller-card for the servo drives. As far as I've seen, the 5i20, >> which seems to be pretty popula

Re: [Emc-users] Source for Servo-Controllers in Germany

2007-05-30 Thread Ray Henry
Is this a ROSH compliance issue? On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 10:52 +0200, Christof Klaiber wrote: > Dear all, > > for a project in retrofitting some old lathes, I'd need a > controller-card for the servo drives. As far as I've seen, the 5i20, > which seems to be pretty popular here, is not available o

[Emc-users] Source for Servo-Controllers in Germany

2007-05-30 Thread Christof Klaiber
Dear all, for a project in retrofitting some old lathes, I'd need a controller-card for the servo drives. As far as I've seen, the 5i20, which seems to be pretty popular here, is not available over here. Is anybody having a distributor over here or even in Europe for the Mesa or another (cheap) ca