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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Flipz01 on October 01, 2009, 03:14:27 PM
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I'm looking for a way to get my count rate up. SmoothStepper has a few problems (like requiring the cable to be pulled out and wait 20 sec. to get it to reboot after an error). Galil works well but is a bit expensive.
So, what about the KFLOP. Has anybody out there used these with a Mach interface? How does it perform?
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I'm looking for a way to get my count rate up. SmoothStepper has a few problems (like requiring the cable to be pulled out and wait 20 sec. to get it to reboot after an error). Galil works well but is a bit expensive.
So, what about the KFLOP. Has anybody out there used these with a Mach interface? How does it perform?
Why are you worried about reboot time for the SS? You should practically never have to do that.... I've been using mine for over a year, and I've had it crash maybe a half dozen times, and usually when I was doing things that had not been fully tested yet. For quite a while now it's been quite solid.
Regards,
Ray L.
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The last time I used it, I was running a machine at the McCormick Center in Chicago at the Coverings Show. Somebody leaned on the E-Stop and stopped the machine. To get the SStepper running again required a complete re-boot of the computer. Nothing else would work. Not good and not ready for prime time.
I've crashed it a bunch of times if the tool change routine is interrupted. Also, it doesn't seem to like the master / slave set-up either. Finally, I have a homing routine that turns off the softlimits, homes, moves to position, and then turns the softlimits back on again. Works perfectly under Mach, but not with a SStepper.
Anyway, I've found too many flaky things to believe I can use it on a production machine - fine for a home shop though!