LinuxCNC works fine with the parallel port(s) already in your PC. It will take G-code and send step & direction pulses through the existing parallel ports (LPT ports) to the existing stepper motor drives to turn the existing motors on your router. You would only need to replace your parallel port hardware if you need higher velocities than software step generation can deliver. If that is the case, an $80 board from Mesa Electronics would replace your lpt port and provide hardware step generation for LinuxCNC.
-- Ralph ________________________________________ From: Allen [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 5:02 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Is EMC going to work for me That's good news! I knew it was by no means the latest or greatest. So if I used LinuxCNC on the PC hard drive, a CAD/CAM program sending G code to it, and the Indexer LPT would be dumped. (I'm just guessing here) What kind of connections would be used to go from the PC to the "Eternal Hardware"? (Assuming LPT boards aren't used). 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
