Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Programming Slo-Syn SS20001 with SS2000D6

opscimc wrote:

> Hmm. I'll look at the manuals more closely in light of this, to see how much functionality the SS20001 brings to te table. However, the SS20001 does have an RS232 port for talking to it, while the SS2000D6 stepper controller only communicates via a multipin connector (which is how it talks to the SS20001). Because of this, getting information from a computer directly to the SS2000D6 stepper controller would be the first problem to solve.

Gee, sounds like just wires to me.

> Also, you mention parallel port. Is one really necessary? They sort of went out of existence over the past decade, replaced by serial port printers that could use the USB ports.
>

There are other ways, but they involve buying special hardware. Many
motherboards are still available with the parallel port, such as the very
affordable Intel D525MW, available with CPU for about $80. (You need
to add a memory stick and a "hard drive", a lot of people use solid
state disks for these.)

Jon