Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] USB and ncPOD system

At 16:29 24/05/2007, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:

>Tony Jeffree wrote:
>
> >At 09:01 24/05/2007, you 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/>
>
>If you'd like a setup that does lathe threading, lathe tool shape
>compensation, and actually uses feedback to the motion controller, I
>strongly suggest that you try EMC2. Threading requires an encoder with
>index - a single index pulse is probably not enough, especially if you
>want high quality threads.
>
>Lathe-specific information here:
><http://www.linuxcnc.org/content/view/28/13/lang,en/>, but not
>specifically threading.
>Some videos here: <http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Videos>,
>including some with threading.
>(specifically, this one is nice:
><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWmeG-2uVo>)
>
>- Steve

Steve -

Thanks for the info, and it sounds like a useful solution, but I'm
not planning to go the Linux route anytime soon.

Regards,
Tony