Re: USB CNC (was Interface. Gauging interest.)

Alan,

By "haul" I meant distance. I'm not much of a programmer; USB seems
easier to use for what I write which is Rabbit assembly. Softtools
has an excellent program called WinIDE for that.

Mariss



--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Alan Marconett <KM6VV@...>
wrote:

>
> Hi Mariss,
>
> Interesting that you bring up Ethernet. I recall that you stated

that

> Mach supports Ethernet, but not USB, and that G100 supports both.
>
> Yes, I'd like to see the parallel port stick around. But with the
> apparent prevalence of USB, it's got my interest!
>
> short-haul vs long-haul? I assume you are talking about

transmission

> distances, and not life span? Or maybe it's the other way around?
>
> What do you see as a benefit, one over another? Maybe they just

have

> their own nitches? I'd like to take on USB first.
>
> I look at CNC as a hobby. I'm an "Amateur CNC Machinist". I'm

also

> quite interested in microprocessor hardware and software, and

motion

> control; so I want to explore all the angles!
>
> Then there's a very similar hobby, robotics. I hear a hexapod

(robot)

> calling my name...
>
> I'm spread too thin!
>
> Alan KM6VV
>
>
> Mariss Freimanis wrote:
> >>This topic has a life of its own.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > 1) Like the parallel port cable and firewire, USB is a short-haul
> > connection. Don't fixate on it. The long-haul choice is ethernet

when

> > using generic PCs.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Mariss
> >
>