RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC spindle speed control

Jon,

Either one will work with a stepper. The choice is really based on whether
you have 2 parallel ports installed and need the extra IO that bridgeportio
provides.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> Well, that's if you are using one of the software stepper versions, yes.
> There are 2 I/O executables built with the standard EMC, bridgeportio
> and minimillio. I'm not sure which one is most appropriate for a
> stepper setup. The I/O parallel port is the one whose address is
> defined in the [EMCIO] section of the .ini file, on the line that says
> PARPORT_IO_ADDRESS = 0x378 or whatever the address is.
> All the output bits are already used up on the parallel port that drives
> the stepper motors.
>
> Jon
>
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