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Re: Re: Re: Re: Postprocessor

Posted by Ray
on 2001-05-18 15:18:24 UTC
From: Jerry Kimberlin <kimberln@...>

>Oh, certainly Vector doesn't directly run motors, Geckodrives
>do. What I meant was that I assume (bad choice again) that
>Vector can direct the proper pulses to the Geckos for each motor
>without an intermediated output board by using the parallel port
>of the box.

Jerry

Good thinking. You're getting closer but there is still a step between the
output of Vector and the input of the Geckodrives. Vector puts out g-code
and Geckodrives take in step and direction signals.

This is where a program like the EMC comes it. It reads a G-code file and
plans the machine motion based on what that code says.

HTH

Ray

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Ray 2001-05-18 15:18:24 UTC Re: Re: Re: Re: Postprocessor