Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: DRO meaning in the Artofcnc world

Hi:

>> and unless he made some provisions to

split the encoder signals both to the Rutex AND the parallel port, it
would not be possible to operate that way.

Some actually do this, but Mach2 really wasn't designed for any closed loop
work, the encoders can be used to intermittantly correct the positioning
from a M-Word call though...

>>How does Mach2 read 3 encoders? That would take 6 input pins, wouldn't

it?

Yup, two ports required, and even then your probably giving up limit
switches or somethign else.

BTW: Sorry for all the confusion about DRO, but my background is in
electronics where DRO stands for D igitalR eadO ut , at the time I didn't
realize it also stood for "Da numerical Readout indicating position stored
from counting encoder pOsitioning data". ;)

Thanks,
Art
www.artofcnc.ca