Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Encoder Resolution

At 19:56 11/6/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>If you get much below .0001" steps you will run into problems with some of
>the controller packages not being able to put out fast enough pulses to give
>you the rapids the machine is capable of. Chances are the machine can not
>move in increments that small anyway do to slip and stick. When I am buying
>encoders to use with Gecko G320 drives that is pretty much what I aim for.

since we're on this subject...

If I have very high resolution encoders, say 50000 cnts/inch, can I use the
step pulse multiplier feature in the Gecko G340 to reduce the effective
incoming pulse count? Is this what that feature was designed for? I just
liberated some 2500 line Koyo encoders from a milling center and I'd like
to use them for a step/direction servo setup on my lathe. It'd save me
having to shell out an additional $80 each for new 1000 or 500 line
industrial grade encoders.

-Bob