Re: M57-102 < - - - - > PC

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Steven Ciciora
<sciciora@A...> wrote:

> I didn't look up your model number, but all the CompuMotor stuff I

had

> could not be directly driven from a parallel port. Since the input

of my

> CompuMotor stuff are opto-isolators, my parallel ports couldn't

drive

> enough current. I wired up a buffer circuit. After finishing it,

I saw

> the PMX-120 (I think the correct part number) breakout board, and

almost

> bought it to replace what I had just finished, it was so nice. I

would

> recommend checking this out.
>
> - Steven Ciciora
>
> ><snip>
> >Hence the big bucks for MasterCAM and such. Do you have

suggestions?

> >When all of this comes together it will go on a small mill. Is

there

> >additional hardware needed to connect to the PC? I would expect

that

> >different pins would control different axis's up to a limited

number

> >without additional hardware.
> >
> >Randy