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General Mach Discussion / Re: Run Mach 3 on an old old CNC
« on: July 09, 2014, 05:29:04 PM »
It looks like the drives accept Step/Dir signals so should be a relatively easy to integrate Mach as far as that is concerned. However feedback loop is not an option with Mach and the parallel port, possibly Galil and Kflop can.
Having said that, closed loop and steppers are basically a waste of time in my opinion, others may disagree
One other thing you may find is the I/O on your machine is 24v, so if wanting to use the parallel port then you will have to convert it to 5v.
Other option is the CSMIO/IP-M controller, its meant for basic machines and has 24v I/O
Hood
Having said that, closed loop and steppers are basically a waste of time in my opinion, others may disagree
One other thing you may find is the I/O on your machine is 24v, so if wanting to use the parallel port then you will have to convert it to 5v.
Other option is the CSMIO/IP-M controller, its meant for basic machines and has 24v I/O
Hood