Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC with Stepperworld Parallel Card

Nope, not an ISA card, a standalone step/dir card unipolar driver card. I'm
happy to report that, after Ray calling me at home and offering some
pointers, and some fiddling with parallel bits and wires, I've gotten it
running under EMC Mini on the BDI!!!

My little motors are turning under EMC control! Whooopee! ~grin~

It really does do one's heart good to see that all this stuff can work,
after all. Now I've got WORLDS to learn about machining in general, CNC,
and EMC in particular. I'll try to document things as I go so that I might
be of help to someone in the future, as Ray was to me today.

Ray, if you see this first, I'll call you at some reasonable time later
today (about 12:45 eastern now!) and let you know what I've done.

Anyhow, I'm going to try to outfit my little Atlas Horizontal mill with
these little steppers and learn with that then retrofit a Bridgeport Series
One CNC with EMC, certainly using Gecko drives, possibly retrofitting with
servos instead of the original steppers. That may have to be an upgrade path
one day.

To all on this list - A HEARTY thank you for all the info that is put out
for us newbies. To all that subscribe to the EMC list, I extend the same
thanks.

Take care,

Matt King
Columbus, GA

>Is this a card that plugs into the PC's ISA bus slots? If so, you will
>probably
>need to write a device driver to handle it. it might be possible to just

hack

>the
>existing code to change the pattern of how the bits come out, or just the
>I/O address in the .ini file. Without knowing the hardware details of the
>board, it is hard to advise further.
>
>> Anyhow, I was able to make them work with the software that StepperWorld
>> sent with them (VB stuff for windows) so I went ahead and installed the

BDI

>> 2.04 that I received from Ray several weeks ago.
>>
>> Once I install it, I'm not really even sure which icon to click on to try
>> it. I've tried EMC Generic and get no response from the motors.
>
>Why would you expect it to work? EMC is sending signals out the parallel
>port, expecting the drivers to be plugged into there.
>
>If this is an external board that plugs into the parallel port, then give

us

>the
>info on what the pin connections are, and we should be able to offer

advice.

>
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