Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] USB and ncPOD system

Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:

> Tony Jeffree wrote:
>>> The ability to download gCode DIRECTLY
>>> to ncPod and run it from there may well provide a solution to the lathe
>>> problem since it would not require a return path to the host computer.
>>>
>> That would only provide a solution if the ncPod firmware is able to
>> handle inputs from the encoder and modify its step rates accordingly.
>> If that was possible it would significantly increase the appeal of
>> the 'pod - right now I am looking for a solution to the lathe problem
>> for my ongoing of Myford conversion.
>>
>>
> Tony, meet EMC2. EMC2, meet Tony. :)
> <http://www.linuxcnc.org/>

Actually Tony there has just been a nice thread on the EMC list about using a
1024 slot encoder with the current build of EMC2 to provide the sort of
control we were discussing. It's already been done :)

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