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« on: April 17, 2015, 05:23:45 PM »
Ok your drive can accept Step/Direction, it calls it Pulse Direction but it is the same thing.
It can be connected single ended but the preferred option is differential.
Step/Dir is 5v.
The Drives I/O is 12v to 24v so if using the ESS you will need to convert the drives outputs to 5v to input to the ESS and convert the ESS outputs to 24v for the servo drive.
The CSMIO range of controllers (CSMIO/IP-M and IP-S) can accept 24v I/O and have differential step/dir signals it may be a better option for you rather than the ESS.
Your drive can also be set up as analogue command (+/- 10v) but to use that you would need an external controller capable of using analogue command. If you want to go down that route then there are a few that are capable, the one I use is the CSMIO/IP-A. The benefit of using the IP-A is that the controller keeps track of the encoders and updates Mach3 with that position info, so Mach always knows where it is, even after an E-Stop or even with servo drives disabled (logic side of drive still powered) That means even manually moving an axis Mach will know where it is.
Hood