On Sunday 19 October 2008 16:21:09 Jeff Epler wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:12:58PM +0100, Alan Battersby wrote: > > I was looking for a new computer to run emc this weekend. At a local > > shop I was told about a new ACER machine with a very small footprint and > > it sounded ideal. However after checking I found out that this model > > does not have a parallel port only usb ports. Looking back through the > > postings I saw that last year there was some discussion that usb to > > parallel connectors were unsuitable. Can someone confirm if this is > > still the case please. > > That is still correct information. There is no USB hardware that works > with emc2 to control motors. A USB to parport adapter will not work > with emc2.
I think it's simply impossible to drive any realtime application through the USB port (or any other port that doesn't guarentee timing). -- Greetings Michael. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
