Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC and DROs

There is a Visual Basic DRO program in the files section that I
wrote. It has the source code and seems to work pretty well.
Not alot of features, but you can add whatever you like if you
know a little VB. Needs the Kulaga/Mauch encoder card.

Bill

>
> I've attempted to use EMC as a DRO -As it stands, it won't work very well.

It

> is quite easy to write a small tcl app that uses some of the core IO
> interface routines to read rhe encoder counters and display the result.

But

> it does seem to be a wast to go to the effort of installing linux and EMC
> just for a DRO.
>
> Regards, Paul.
>
>
> On Tuesday 11 December 2001 12:04 pm, rsgoldner wrote:
> > I am building DROs for my Grizzly mini-mill. Is it possible to use
> > EMC as the software for this? At this time, the mill will only have
> > DROs. CNC might be added at a later date. I am using encoders and
> > linear strips from US Digital and will mill some enclosures to
> > protect the strips. The encoders use standard quadrature encoding.
> > The strips are 360 pulses per inch. In 4X mode that will give me a
> > resolution of .0006944.
> >
> > Any help appreciated!
>