Re: new guy with old problums

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "David G. LeVine"
<dlevine@...> wrote:

>
> 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

my machine is running the original bridgeport stepper motors.