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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Integra 7766, Mach4 and Leadshine (closed loop)

« on: January 10, 2018, 09:18:24 AM »

I’m ready to purchase all the electronics for the conversion of a bench top mill and I have some questions about the Integra 7766, Mach4 and closed loop.

To start with, the things that I care about now are true 3 axis and closed loop- also not having to eat dog food for a year ($)   
The next things I’d like to add in the future are 4th axis and spindle control.

The products (relating to my questions) I’m looking at now -

HiCon Integra 7766

Mach4

Leadshine easy servo (NEMA 24 M22430 & NEMA 34 M23440 steppers with integrated encoders)
Leadshine easy servo drivers x3 (ES-D808)

My questions are-

1- Is there an advantage to using a different driver (without the closed loop monitoring of the ES-D808) and passing the signals straight to the 7766?
1.1- If I use the ES-D808 is there a way to pass have the 7766 and/or Mach4 recognize the closed loop – would I have to re-home after an e-stop for example?

2- Will the 7766 handle the 3 encoder signals from the easy servos “out of the box” (no extra purchasing)?
2.1- Would purchasing  INTG-CLOOP change the way encoder signals are handled by the 7766 or information sent to Mach4?

3- Am I missing anything?

Thank you for any help and direction