Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Digital Readout software - packages on the net for Linux

Hi John;

I didn't know that. In fact I've seen little information on
interfacing EMC to encoders. I would have imagine though that the
realtime system would be needed, if this is not so it makes EMC an even
more likly candidate.

Is there a page you can reference in the EMC documentation to get me
started? To be honest EMC would be nice because of the upgrade path
that it offers to full CNC, I just never thought about using it as a DRO
replacement.

Thanks
Dave


Jon Elson wrote:

>David A. Frantz wrote:
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>>Hi Guys;
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>>Has anyone seen Digital Readout Software floating around the net for
>>Linux? If you have do you have any opinions.
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>>This would be software that would "read" the signals of an encoder or
>>encoders hooked up to a PC's parallel port. The idea is to make an XY
>>display using existing scales. In this case the original display is a
>>bit borked, the scales are good though. Having the whole nine yards
>>with multiaxis software working in a GUI would be nice two.
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>>Alternatively who supports Linux with PCI encoder interface cards?
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>Umm, well, of course it does a lot MORE than just a DRO, but
>EMC will work, and it runs under Linux. If you're not using it
>for motion control, you don't even need the Real-Time functions.
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