Re: Bullet-Proof G201 / G210

Hi Jan, Mariss,

with 4 Gecko's on my current unit, half stepping (or whateever) would
use 4 additonal pins unless it was fed from another port. Game,
serial, whatever. I see the benefit and it seems like it would help
on rapids more than anything. that said, it could be slow, switching
would not be a rapid proceedure. Therefore a serial switch would
work and free up the already over loaded parallel port pins.

That is a feature I would like.

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, JanRwl@A... wrote:
> In a message dated 2/8/2003 4:35:12 PM Central Standard Time,
> mariss92705@y... writes:
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> > This is a "clean sheet" redesign so now is the time for it.
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> Mariss: As I have so far only used two G210's (with immediate,
happy
> success!), The only thing I would suggest is you come up with
some "plug-on
> wiring-harness connectors" which will COME OFF (and GO ON) without
DESTROYING
> the PCB! (As is, they are very difficult to pull-off, for
installation of
> the hardware!)
>
> One other thing which I have on one OLDER stepper-machine I have is
the
> ability for the computer to "tell" the drive whether to HALF-STEP
or
> FULL-STEP (i.e., DOUBLE the step-count per turn). Now, to do this,
it is
> necessary to have access to the jumpers in the G210 (I understand
the G201
> is 2000 steps/turn ONLY. ?) It'd be nice if there was a pin which
could
> select N steps/turn or N*2 steps per turn, if LO or HI.
>
> Jan Rowland
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