2-axis PMC Motion Control Cards
Posted by
Jim Crane
on 2002-09-19 21:59:59 UTC
Hi,
I have been following the group for a week or so and believe the members to
be candid and knowledgeable. Right now I am trying to scrounge enough parts
to put together a first attempt 3-axis machine with at least .002 accuracy.
So far I have acquired 2 PMC DC2-PC140 cards and some DC servo motors.
There is dos based CNC software for these cards available on the PMC
website. The price is right, but I don't want to get started down a bad
path.
Does anyone have experience with these cards or software from PMC?
Has anyone tried to use this software to do 3-D work (3 axis linear
interpolation)? It appears from the CNC manual that if both cards are used,
the software will coordinate motion up to 4 axes.
I would greatly appreciate any advice on experiences (good or bad) with this
card and software.
As an alternative, Master5 and/or Mach1 look to be the wave of the future,
but these use step and direction input to the servo amps while the PMC cards
are +/- 10v output. Some good advice is needed now to help decide which
type of servo drives to purchase.
Jim Crane
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I have been following the group for a week or so and believe the members to
be candid and knowledgeable. Right now I am trying to scrounge enough parts
to put together a first attempt 3-axis machine with at least .002 accuracy.
So far I have acquired 2 PMC DC2-PC140 cards and some DC servo motors.
There is dos based CNC software for these cards available on the PMC
website. The price is right, but I don't want to get started down a bad
path.
Does anyone have experience with these cards or software from PMC?
Has anyone tried to use this software to do 3-D work (3 axis linear
interpolation)? It appears from the CNC manual that if both cards are used,
the software will coordinate motion up to 4 axes.
I would greatly appreciate any advice on experiences (good or bad) with this
card and software.
As an alternative, Master5 and/or Mach1 look to be the wave of the future,
but these use step and direction input to the servo amps while the PMC cards
are +/- 10v output. Some good advice is needed now to help decide which
type of servo drives to purchase.
Jim Crane
****