2012/4/6 Jeshua Lacock <[email protected]>: > > 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. 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. > 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. Viesturs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
