Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Using a printer switch to switch between controllers?

Hi Nick,

Instead of a printer switch, how about using TWO parallel ports?

Printer switch should also work OK, if it has all it's circuits (not
just an RS-232 switch).

Alan KM6VV

Nicholas Carter and Felice Luftschein wrote:

> I am running out of space in my tiny shop and rather than dedicating a
> computer for each small CNC machine I'd like to have two controllers
> hooked up to one computer through a printer switch.
> These are small controllers, Taig and Xylotex and no, I won't be using
> more than one at a time...
> Are there any issues I should be aware of like voltage/current drop,
> unreliability, total destruction of the control, etc? Anyone doing this?
> The printer switch I have is old - I know some changes have been made in
> communication between printers and computers in the last, um, 6 or 8
> years, are there big diferences in switches?
>
> TIA,
> Nick