Beginner on setup Galil PCI card...

Hello people,

Very nice to read all the progress on the Galil cards, forgot about the project last 2 years because it was in beta state...
Now i almost couldn`t believe what i was seeing... The project is released by Artsoft with a plugin.
Thumbs up for the people that made this possible, thanks a lot!!! really appriciate the thousends off hours work you are giving away.

I`m a student and been busy the last 4 years with designing and optimizing a small very precise benchtop mill.
Maybe you guys cann give me some pointers about the proces and basic setup of a Galil PCI card.
Imagine i buy a nice core 2 duo etc. pc and a Galil DMC-1832 PCI with cable and BOB.
I have for this card the following questions:

1. - I install Windows 7 32bit and Mach 3 and optimze the pc.
   - Put the Galil PCI card in the pc and install it with the driver it comes with. (or do i need other ones?)
   - Registrate the Galil card
   - Run the Plugin made by you guys to connect the card with mach.
   - Configurate the setup screens from the Galil setup program and mach.
   - wire the BOB and servo or stepper drives (also possible for servodrives with step and direction?)

2. - The servodrive takes the step and direction from the breakoutboard and a encoder signal from the motor.
   - Does the Galil also get a encoder signal through the BOB from the same encoder that feeds the drive, so is it closed at the drive or at the controller?
   - Is a stepper closed at the controller?

3. - I only want simple precise movemend off 3 axes and soft and hard limits with homing though index pulse,
   also i want to use this setup for a 3 axes lathe with only switching motor and encoder cables,
   is this possible with no programming in computer lanquage? (just a setup file or swap axes)

4. - Does the econo card has a problem since it doesn`t talk binarie code in regarding with the fast and precise movement off the 3 axes?

5. - Does the card uses the S-shaped acceleration profile that is programmable?

6. - Am i losing my mind..... thinking i will ever setup such a nice system?

Got a lot more questions, but think this is enough for now?

Thanks a lot and kind regards,

Roy B.