Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] new guy with old problums

At 01:06 AM 8/8/2007, you wrote:

>ok guys her is the deal i have an old bridgeport boss 5 that was
>retofited {machine master} basicly a ahha IF card and the rest oem
>bridgeport. i ran this machine for years and it did me good then it
>started smoking driver boards. so i gutted the control box an started
>my own retrofit. i bought 3 gecko 210 drives and a 37 pin breakout
>board from winford eng to hook to the ahha If16 card. that was in 2005
>and it took about a month for me to give up. now its 2007 and i need to
>make this thing to run. i realy need some help. what i need is a wiring
>diagram that is right and shows how to hook up the limit switchs and
>estop and yes i have done the search engine thing and i know there are
>better way to do this on the market but this is what i got. any help
>you guys can give me is greatly appreciated.

Question: Isn't the Bridgeport a servo machine?

Gecko 210s are stepper drive cards, you will need Gecko G320 or G340
cards for brush type servos. Also, you may not have acceptable
encoders for Gecko G3XX cards.


David G. LeVine
Nashua, NH 03060