Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] USB of Jon Elson

alex wrote:

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>My question is- will USB work only with EMC or I can use with TCNC as well?
>How can I access it for testing using simple Basic/Debug/C routines?
>Alex
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Huh? Are you sure you want me to answer? I have no USB products, and don't
intend to produce any in the near future. I don't know of any USB
product that
works with EMC, either. (Could be wrong on that. PMDX has something
that uses USB, but I've not seen it used with EMC.)

All my products use the parallel port, and not a USB parallel adaptor,
either.

Are you referring to my "Universal Stepper Controller" (USC). Right now,
there are only drivers for EMC. As this unit simulates a closed-loop servo
system (or can be used for real closed loop operation with encoders) it
needs
software designed from the ground up for servo operation. If TCNC
can handle devices like this, where you read current position and then
compute
how fast to go to get to the next point at the right time, then a driver
should
be possible for it. If the software generates step pulses from deep in its
bowels, like Mach 2, then it is not likely.

Jon