Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Replace Heidenhein w/ EMC?

Jon,

Thanks for the input. The only reason I turned my friend on to this
machine was the fact that it came with a PC already setup with a CAM
program and comm link to send/recieve programs to the control. This was,
in fact, the very machine I looked at late last year. I decided that
with the huge order I was about to get, I didn't need the hassle of
trying to figure out the idiocyncracies of a new control. I have seen a
BP machining center with Heidenhein control that had both Heidenhein and
standard G-code available but I doubt this control supports both.
Not sure about the tach vs encoder issue. What's a quick way to tell the
difference? If the motors have tachs, I assume then, that they'd need to
be replaced with encoders for a switch to EMC (assuming the drivers can
be configured to work with encoders alone)?

Jon A.