Simple Stepper Motor Control Software

keenlyside831@... wrote:

> Hi Folks
>
> I have recently completed construction and testing of Camtronics 5A
> Chopper Drivers.
>
> The eventual plan is to CNC my mill but for now I am just trying to
> get some software that would allow me to jog, free run and move the
> steppers by a defined number of steps (basically a manual positioning
> control panel).
>
> I want to do this first to gradually get up the learning curve.
>
> Can anyone suggest some low cost or shareware software for this?

Do you run DOS, Windows or Linux?

For free software, I'd suggest TurboCNC, MastercontrolCNC, and
(don't do Linux/EMC yet)! If those don't meet your needs, you can
move on to some of the commercial ones.

The links to the above are on a new tutorial site I've made (still evolving):
http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~fortuned/cncKITS_faq.html

Suggestions/fixes/comments (especially links to more (S&D only) Interpreters)
are appreciated from the group!

Doug Fortune
http://www.cnckits.com

PS: Maybe you want something REALLY SIMPLE just to test the
motors. Although built to demo their own hardware, maybe this
is what you need (but I don't think they say which pins they are toggling):
http://www.steppercontrol.com/windows.html