Re: Programming Slo-Syn SS20001 with SS2000D6

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "opscimc" <opscimc@...> wrote:

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> 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.
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Addendum: The pages of the manual for the Slo-Syn SS20001 Programmable Motion Control use section numbers so I can't give a precise figure, but it's 100+ pages thick. It goes into a fair bit of detail about L codes (32 pages), G Codes (41 pages), and H codes (20 pages). However, one worrying thing at the start of a section on Serial Communication Issues is "...EIA Standard RS274-D...has been used as the basis for the Slo-Syn...command structure. Although it was not technically feasible to conform to this standard in complete detail..."

The rest of this chapter is about Xon/Xoff, Baudrate, parity, null modems, etc. that brings back memories (nightmares) of interfacing devices back in the good old days. This is why I still hope a more friendly master program for my PC exists that would translate my desires (e.g. move 0.001") into G code, and then communicate those desires to the SS20001 with a minimum amount of me manually implementing things like "Note: If L26=0 through 3, and Xon will be transmitted following the = ..."