Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: M57-102 < - - - - > PC

turbulatordude wrote:

>--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "m0nkey0ne" <m0nkey0ne@y...>
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>>I have acquired a couple Compumotor motors and amps and downloaded
>>the user manual. However I have no idea how to make my PC with
>>Windows control these motors. Any tips from you guys would be
>>greatly appreciated. I have read many pages and links of CNC
>>material here, but have not exhausted the resource. Posting this
>>plea for help may be quicker or more effective. Thanks.
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>It sounds like you have a stepper motor
>and a matching driver
>and a PC
>but no software ?
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No, these are pretty expensive brushless servo motors with resolvers.
The amps are indeed servo amplifiers. Unfortunately, they must be
a custom job, because I couldn't find anything in the M series literature
that looked like your part number. the fact that the motor and amps
have the same part number is pretty odd, and not consistent with the
rest of the Compumotor documentation.

You say you DID download the user manual? Can you point me to
it? I just couldn't find anything that looked close to the M57-102
model number, other than the basic M-series motors.

The problem with this high-end proprietary stuff is that they don't
WANT you to hook it to your PC, at least without a lot of expensive
hardware and software. But, given enough documentation, it may
be possible.

Jon