On Monday 26 November 2012 21:07:32 Allen did opine: > On 12-11-26 02:57 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I apologies in advance, I'm largely uneducated in this field, the > >> nomenclature may prove to be an obstacle at first. > >> > >> I am considering the purchase of an older CNC router (about 12 years > >> old). What information should I provide to you to determine if the > >> DC steppers on the machine will work with the EMC/LinuxCNC. > >> > >> Thanks, Allen > > > > You are at the right place. If the stepper motor controllers have > > 'step and direction' inputs, you should be OK. There are devices, > > like GECKO's, that you could refer to with your specific model and > > manufacturer of the motors that could tell you if they could control > > them in case your current system doesn't have the driver hardware for > > the steppers, and LinuxCNC does GREAT driving steppers attached > > through Gecko's and many othe rbrands of stepper drivers. Gecko is > > just one of the best known and a high quality brand. Not that others > > aren't too. > > > > www.geckodrive.com > > > > Take care. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- 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 > > All I know at the moment is it uses the stuff illustrated in the diagram > below. (Hows that for technical jar-gin, "Stuff"). > Dose this help? > How it Works Diagram
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