Re: Controller for PC/Parallell port with HSM/lookahead ?

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>EMC definitely has smoothing between all moves. (It can be disabled if
>needed, with a G-code.) A recent fix should make it handle even very
>fast moves (400+ IPM) while still smoothing as much as the machine's
>acceleration can handle. (I don't have anything that can get anywhere near
>400 IPM, so I can't really test that kind of condition.) I can say it is
>VERY smooth up to 60 IPM, at least.
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>Jon
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Hi Jon,

Thanks for this info. I can do at least 200 IPM rapids with my router.
I tried EMC years ago but abandoned it for the simplicity of turbocnc.

It seems I'll have to give EMC a go once more. Does anyone have
experience with EMC2 already ? Is it stable enough ? from the web pages
I understand 3axis milling using parallell port step/dir signals should
work. Whats the most painless way of installing EMC ? BDI ?

AW