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« on: May 11, 2008, 06:29:23 PM »
Scott,
After much trial and error investigation, it turns out that the correct driver boards have been residing in my garage all along. The Galil 1755 board will:
Work with Mach3,
Enable fitting and use of the dual encoder setup that You have,
Output PWM signals to Your amps.
I know this sounds stupid, but the answer was in front of me all along. I am now going to pickup a cheap computer ($30.00) and make up a cable that will allow connection of a single motor/encoder combination, and also the secondary Trak encoder. I will get it working and send it to You for testing. If You are happy, send it back to me and I will need to fabricate an interconnecting PCB to interface between the 64 pin cables that You have and the 100 pin cable from the Galil board. This will take some time, but by doing it this way, You can continue to use Your mill until everything is ready and then simply swap plugs over to implement the controller with Mach3. It seems that all signals that we will need go through P1, the 64 pin ribbon cable header on the MX connector board.
Please call me if You have any questions.
Kenny