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Mach Discussion => Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. => Topic started by: Jamburglar on December 15, 2013, 11:08:28 PM
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I know there are other options that are available to purchase for external Ethernet Motion control, but I am looking to make a custom solution. I am mainly doing this because I have extra hardware laying around and I like the challenge.
I was wondering if anyone can explain the overall data flow with a External Ethernet Motion Controller? I was able to use the Plugin Wizard and I understand the overall structure so far, I just don't understand the what data being passed out of Mach. How much is the controller doing? Are they passing the various steps/planned trajectories and the controller is doing the acceleration itself or are they just passing the Raw Pulses Mach is generating for the Parallel port?
Pardon my ignorance, I am just starting to get into this. Any help would be awesome.
Thanks!