Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] USB of Jon Elson

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