Re: Parker SX stepper motor drives and EMC

At 10:13 AM 7/27/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>I have two Parker SX series microstep drives. I'm unsure if the
>drives can be controller by any means other than the serial port
>connection. Has anyone used these types of drives with the EMC
>software? Would the Parker S series drives be a better choice?

Check out the Parker Compumotor site. They have a great library of
documentation for their products.

I am assuming that the X in the SX means indexer version. This uses a
serial port input and their software to drive it. If the SX is like the
650 and 750 OEM series by Parker, the indexer card can be removed leaving
you with a Step/Direction driver. I needed five jumpers of a unique size
for my 650's As I had no intention of using the indexer cards, I
cannibalized the card for a set of contacts and housings to make the
jumpers needed.

If you send the support group at Parker an Email with your questions, they
are good, but some times a bit slow about answering.

Don