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Third party software and hardware support forums. / PoKeys / Re: PoBlocks
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on: April 17, 2013, 11:14:53 AM
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This is beta release of the software. It is still under development. We are improving the stability of the software from release to release now (initial releases were mostly focused on implementing features). Manuals, official support pages and documentation will come soon. The focus during development was on usability and user-friendliness - the goal is that the software doesn't require a manual in order to use it. Please send any bug reports to matevz_at_poscope_dot_com.
Regards, Matevž, PoLabs
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Third party software and hardware support forums. / PoKeys / Re: PoKeys56U Digital Output->Latency Too High!
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on: April 15, 2013, 02:34:45 AM
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Hi, Alpaca
It is impossible to guarantee latencies below 1 ms via USB without going under the system's hood. Then, a new version of OS comes out and all over again...
Therefore, Pulse engine was implemented in PoKeys firmware to allow stepper motor control in CNC machines even with high system latencies (up to 100 ms). If you need to drive the steppers, you can use PoKeys pulse engine functions to do that. Pulse engine operates in three modes - buffer (where you specify how many pulses motors receive in each time slot), position control (you just specify the acceleration, decelleration and max speed parameters and send a position reference), speed control (similar to position control, but the reference is stepper motor speed).
If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me at matevz_at_poscope.com.
Regards, Matevž
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Third party software and hardware support forums. / PoKeys / Re: Pokeys I2C Fuctionality
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on: April 14, 2013, 03:10:53 PM
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Hi, Geo
Unfortunately, Mach3 plugin does not expose all PoKeys functionality to mach3. More information on PoKeys functions can be obtained by installing PoKeys setup and looking at the library help (gets installed to PoKeys program folder). Moreover, the protocol is described in the protocol specification document, available at poscope.com.
Regards, Matevž
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