Re: Digitizing arm?

Your encoder maynot be RS232. If you could get the part numbers for
the encoders it would help. the encoder I have are rs 422.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "protman16" <protman16@...>
wrote:

>
> Dave,
>
> After reading through something of a manual for this arm, it shows
> that it needs to be calibrated or zeroed to some known position
> before measuring. Assuming I can get communication or at least see
> some sort of signal (not sure if it is RS-232), I don't know how

to

> tell the arm what zero is. I think it will be difficult to figure
> out exactly what is being sent and received from the arm. I will

try

> a sniffer to see what I can find, but it will be some time before

I

> get to it, work/life getting in the way again. I will post some
> results when I get back at it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Protman16
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, David Speck <Dave@> wrote:
> >
> > Protman,
> >
> > TAL Technology has a free RS-232 sniffer program for download,

as

> well
> > as a bunch of other neat SIO utilities avaioable at:
> >
> > http://www.taltech.com/freesoftware/fs_sw.htm
> >
> > They should do just what you need.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Dave
> > > BETTER OPTION!!!!!!!
> > > A better way is to get your local high-end network geek that

has

> a
> > > sniffer that has a serial port pass-through that can generate

a

> log
> > > file. (this is basically what I was describing the 'poor mans'
> version
> > > of above
> >
>