Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rotary hand encoder wheels with detent

>
> my thought was that a manual rotary switch would have to be turned back to
> "automatic", reconnecting the computer to the gecko directly... when the
> switch was in 'jog', the encoder on the knob would send it's quatriture
> signal to a chip that would create step/direction (can it produce
> direction???? see my later post) which is in turn sent to a step multiplier
> of some sort (controlled by another switch)... this would only work if the
> computer had some way of detecting where the machine is, as with a true
> encoder feedback system, like the servo-to-go board and the pico-systems
> PPMC... or the computer would just try to resume where it THOUGHT it was...
> right?---Dave L.
> but its seeming to just be getting too complicated, and the direction keys
> on the keyboard for EMC are just fine by me!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KM6VV@... [mailto:KM6VV@...]
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 12:00 PM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rotary hand encoder wheels with detent
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> I see your thoughts, but while I'd like to be able to get at the jumpers
> (unplug Gecko, unbolt from heatsink, remove cover, THEN change
> jumpers), You'd alter the steps/in, and the program would loose track!
> Better I think to just read a rotary sw, pot, or "bump" settings from a
> PB or encoder.
>
> Alan KM6VV