Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I need LOTS of help

Hi Mark,

Any lettering on the three little black boxes? Could be standard IMS or
GE step/dir drivers! Motherboard? What comes out of the blue box, a
DB25 parallel connector? Are things plugable, or hard wired in? We
might be able to figure this out!

Alan KM6VV


mmcev@... wrote:

>
> Sorry about the terminology, I really don't know what I'm talking
> about.
> PLEASE help me if you can.
>
> I aquired an old mill and a little blue box that came with it.
> It used to be plugged up to a PC running Linux and EMC. I personally
> know nothing about this kind of stuff except what EMC is and what it
> does. The blue box has a working power supply, but I'm told the
> motherboard is fried. It also has three little black boxes(stepper
> drivers) inside which, I guess, control X Y and Z motion. Connecting
> to each of these black boxes are wires coming from the power supply,
> wires leading to the three ports where my mill's three stepper motors
> plug in, and wires leading to the motherboard(I say motherboard, but
> it looks like a board that just connects the parallel and serial
> ports to the stepper drivers. I guess the pc running EMC originally
> attached to the parallel port on the back of the blue box. Is it
> possible to connect the stepper drivers directly to pins on the
> parallel port, without using the motherboard? If so how would I do
> it? If not where could I get a new motherboard?
>
> I will be using DeskNCDS from www.deskam.com, even though I don't
> think it makes a difference.
>
> ANY information would be extremely appreciated. Thanks alot.
>
> Mark McEver