Re: SloSyn
Posted by
Patrick Huss
on 2000-05-21 18:34:51 UTC
Thanks, Steve.
There is a serial port [marked rs-232] , a parallel port [marked I/O], AC
input, and motor connection.
I will contact Warner Electric tomorow about getting more specific
literature about these. Anyway,
thanks for the info.
Patrick, that info on the site, was taken from Compumotors
standard catalog, which they have produced over the years.
In those catalogs they explain what an indexer is, and how
it works. After looking through those PDF files at the link, I
was not able to find anything on indexers. And that really
surprised me. Most indexers are controlled by an serial port
from the computer, acepting high level commands, processing
them in a microcontroller, and then providing the step and
direction output. The port that you see on your indexer
box may be a DB25 serial port. I have never seen or heard
of and indexer motor, and I believe it is just a standard
stepper motor.
Steve
There is a serial port [marked rs-232] , a parallel port [marked I/O], AC
input, and motor connection.
I will contact Warner Electric tomorow about getting more specific
literature about these. Anyway,
thanks for the info.
Patrick, that info on the site, was taken from Compumotors
standard catalog, which they have produced over the years.
In those catalogs they explain what an indexer is, and how
it works. After looking through those PDF files at the link, I
was not able to find anything on indexers. And that really
surprised me. Most indexers are controlled by an serial port
from the computer, acepting high level commands, processing
them in a microcontroller, and then providing the step and
direction output. The port that you see on your indexer
box may be a DB25 serial port. I have never seen or heard
of and indexer motor, and I believe it is just a standard
stepper motor.
Steve