Re: software questions DRO

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Kim Lux <lux@d...> wrote:

>
> We just put electronic handwheels on our CNC equipment. By

electronic,

> I mean that the feedwheel is attached to an encoder and the signal

from

> the encoder is fed to the CNC software, TurboCNC in this case.
>

I am very interested in any details you care to share explaining how
you did this. In particular, what modifications were required to
TurboCNC, as well as the encoder circuitry and input to the
computer. Serial port, parallel port, etc.