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« on: December 22, 2012, 10:58:26 AM »
Merry Christmas to all
In August I wrote CS Labs asking:
"The EMCO Compact 5PC that I'm converting has 2 simple opto sensors on the spindle - One for speed that reads a 100 pulse-per-revolution slotted disk and one for indexing that reads 1 pulse-per-revolution for indexing. Could I not simply use 2 of the CSMIO/IP-M digital inputs to read these opto sensor outputs and configure them for RPM and Index sensors through MACH3? Having to use the CSMIO/IP-S + ENC module for this appears to be overkill for this simple project."
They replied:
"I think about something for threading in low-budget projects. Currently we have a lot of work with firmware and new functionalities for CSMIO/IP-A and IP-S, but function you're talking about + PID controller for spindle speed(torque control mode) should be available also with near firmware upgrades. "
As I have not seen anything on a -M update, on 5 Dec I wrote:
"Do you have an update for the status of the CSMIO/IP-M firmware update that will add spindle control (speed and index) to the -M controller for lathe threading?"
Has anyone heard from them regarding this?