RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Compumoter drive language

It's been a while since I've played with any Compumotor equipment, but they
usually offered two types of systems. One was RS-232 driven; this system HAD
to use their priorietary language. The other was a Step/Direction driver
with a PC resident board that provided the step/direction pulses. With this
type of system, you could eliminate the PC resident board and use a printer
port and any program (G-Code interpreter) that will drive the printer port.
I'm not sure, however, if the Compumotor used single ended TTL levels or a
balanced line.

And, yes, the Compumotors are a honey of a system.

-- Jerry

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|From: aspaguy [mailto:spaguy@...]
|Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:12 AM
|To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
|Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Compumoter drive language
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| Hello Group,
| I aquired a compumoter package that included 2 steppers, a power
|supply and 2 cx microstepping drives. these drives seem real sweet
|but I have some questions about using them. Does anyone know if
|these drives can be used without using compumoter code.this is an
|indexer/drive with eeprom memory. according to compumoters pdf.
|programs can be selected with bdf switches,programmable controllers
|or a computer via 232c interface. it goes on to say that the cx
|series uses the same language as their other systems. I don't know if
|this is just when using their computer interface. Would I be able to
|control it with a g-code program or would I have to use their x-code.
|It seems I read in another post that only compumoters software would
|run their code. if this is true, it would rule out desknc,flashcut
|and master5. Fortunately, I am in these parts reasonably enough that
|I could shelf the drives and use geckos if need be, but it sure seems
|a shame. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Dale
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