RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I'm curious

> Among different manufacturers yes, they are
> different to some extent, though
> I've never seen a proprietary indexer command
> language. That would be
> counter productive to say the least.
>
> As for drivers, if Mach3 would support compumotor
> AX, SX, Zeta 6xxx, and
> other serial drivers then all you need is a serial
> cable. For the others I'm
> a window software engineer so writing a simple
> device driver to send serial
> like command to the indexer card is not much of a
> task.
>
> I agree on the Allen-Bradley stuff, they don't seem
> to maintain a good web
> site archive. Thanks for the tip on Yaskawa, I'll
> look at there stuff.
>
> Jack
> --------------------------------------------
> Why? Because every one of these units is different!
> If you don't use
> step/direction from the parallel port, then you need
> a driver custom written
> for each drive, because all the commercial stuff is
> proprietary.
> I know that Yaskawa servo pack drives of the SGDP
> series (P for
> positioning) can be set to take step & direction.
> Those are nice drives,
> but quite expensive, even used.
>
> Also, if you've been reading this list for a while,
> you will know that some
> companies give absolutely abominable support to
> people who have older
> equipment. (Others go WAY beyond what is
> reasonable, too, and I thank them
> profusely!) Yaskawa has all the docs on their old
> drives on the web, but
> try to find docs on old Allen-Bradley gear, for
> instance.
>
> Jon
>
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