Re: upgrade

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Stark <cadcam@s...>
wrote:

> Quoting Scott L Golden (escowizard@e...):
> > That why I want to modernize as much as possible. I thought I

would have to

> > replace the Bandit in total but..............interesting....
> >
> > So how did you hook up the motor drivers to your pc exactly?
>
> You should check on the pin out for whatever software you're using.
> I'm using EMC, and EMC will directly generate the outputs I need
> for each phase.
>
> The first setup I used was nothing more than a 25 pin parallel port
> adapter with some current limiting resistors and some 16 pin sockets
> to plug the drive controller ribbon cables of the Bandit into.
> Power from the parallel port happily drives the optical isolaters
> already in the bandit, and away she goes. Less than $10 in parts
> from radio shack.
>
> I don't know, however, if any of the other software pacakages you

might

> want to use to run your mill will generate anything other than

step/dir

> signals out the parallel port. To move to step/dir, I used a pic
> microcontroller and a very simple program that takes step/dir in

and

> output the phase outputs I want. Mine also does half stepping,
> though I never bothered to do microstepping.
>
> Jonathan

Turbocnc can be configured to do Phase controll outputs.
If that is all you need.