Re: Programming Slo-Syn SS20001 with SS2000D6

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@...> wrote:

> Due to battery, thermal and power management, laptops are not a good
> choice for
> real-time motion control.
>

The specific application I have in mind isn't full control of either my lathe or mill, but rather to use a stepper to "simply" drag my lathe's cross slide a tiny bit further part way through cutting a taper (i.e. to make a more complex form for the taper). After I finally succeed (which involves achieving a tolerance no worse than 0.0002"), I only need to make one piece, after which I will remove this assembly. Because of this, a laptop makes more sense for me right now than trying to make space in a reasonable place to intstall a desktop computer where it won't get covered with chips and oil.

Have said the above about it being one-time, should it be possible to control these stepper controllers from an already-written interface (e.g. Mach3) with no more effort (or, ideally, a lot less) than brute force programming of the Slo-Syn SS20001, being able to do so would open up other possibilities.