Re: configuring computer for DRO

Bill
How about the source code? I would love to take a look.

Jeff


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, William Scalione <scalione@n...>
wrote:

> Carey L. Culpepper wrote:
> >
> > The latest dilemma in my ongoing Bridgeport to CNC conversion

project. I

> > have built one of Dan's DRO boards to use with my conversion

since the

> > motors already have encoders and the closed loop operation sounds

like

> > the way to go. The problem is that my computer setup does not

want to

> > recognize the existance of the board in the ISA slot. The

computer setup

> > is an IBM Thinkpad 166mhz and a docking station to give me the ISA
> > slots. The reason for the notebook is -space(lack of) and flying

metal

> > chips and electronics.
>
>
> Carey
>
> If you haven't got the dro board to work yet take a real close look

at the

> solder side of the board, where the LS7261 chips are. there are a

couple

> of traces that are very very close together. It's easy to get a

solder

> bridge there.
>
> Also you can try a program I wrote in VB to read the dro board it's

located

> at http://www.star-telegram.com/homes/scalione/VB_Dro.zip
>
> It's not perfect, and you can be the first to try it.
>
> Bill