Ok Mr. Hood,
I get it, the board out puts step and direction still at 5v
the 24v aspect is merely for 24v limit switching for people experiencing interferance when using the computers 5v for limit switching
I don't have spindle control, so I would only guess that you need a 10v analougue signal for spindle control, that yoiu can't then do at 5v computer.
plus i suppose the e-stop would benefit from not being fed 5v from the pc too and favor 24v.
oh bugger, back to the starting board then, why oh why do they picture the panasonic minas system then and say its ok for servo drives, when they need 12-24v
is it something to do with 800 khz over the 200 of the earlier usb break out boards.
Thank you for your time
-its deffo not a network connection - i think that plug must be for a hand wheely thing