Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Matching Microsteps to moters

Dale,

You may want to do a little investigative work on those drives.
Anything Compumotor makes with an X in the model number are
smart drives and use the X language. But they usually make a
drive that is similar without the X, which is step and direction.
With the OEM series, such as the OEM 650 and OEM650X
a small plug in board will convert a 650 to a 650X. I did try to
convert a Compumoter SX drive to a Compumotor S drive but
the plug in board example didn't apply in that case. It may appy
in your case though. It helps if you have one of each so you
can compare.

Bill

> Hi Jon, Tim, Mariss, others,
> All this talk about microstep accuracy and smoothness has gotten me
> thinking about my compumoter steppers. My Moters are compumoter c
> series which came as part of a package which included the moters and
> cx drivers, which I can't use for my project since they use
> compumoter X language instead of step & direction signals. They may
> have provided me with a valuable piece of info however. These drivers
> are 12800 microstep drives. The Geckos are as I understand it are
> 2000 microstep drives (200 steps x 10 micro per step if I'm thinking
> correctly). This didn't concern me untill now as I have heard so much
> about how smooth the geckos make your machine perform. Now I see that
> Tims API drives have a 12800 setting, and after reading the previous
> posts I wonder if these might run smoother with my moters that were
> designed to run with 12800 microsteps. Will my moters run poorly with
> Geckos? With everything Mariss does here, including designing
> circuits for plasma controls etc. I prefer to purchase Geckos, But if
> my moters are not going to like them, maybe I should grab some APIs
> while I can, and next time purchase moters that will be compatable
> with geckos.
> Any Thoughts from the experts?
> Thanks, Dale
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