Converting from Centroid m39 to mach3

[ra]

Hello,

Does anyone know roughly what would be involved in switching from a Centroid m39 control system to mach3 in terms of boards etc?

Thanks for any help.

Rick

[Hood]

Do you know if the drives take or can take Step/Dir signals or are they analogue +-10v control?
Hood

[ra]

I am not sure but will find out a.s.a.p.

Thanks

[ra]

Just spoke to our machine guy and he said we were analog +-10v. Also he thought that mach 3 did not support servo  yet. Does anyone know if that is true?

Thanks,

Rick

[Hood]

I have AC servos on  my lathe and mills;)
What I have however is Allen Bradley  servo drives that can accept, amongst other things, Step/Dir signals.
It is still possible for you to use your analogue amps but you would need to use Galil or DSPMC or Kflop/Kanalog to interface them to Mach.
Hood

[Ron Ginger]

See http://ajaxcnc.com/ Thats a mach based kit just for centroid.