"Ignoramus27783" wrote in message
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On 2011-03-10, PrecisionmachinisT wrote:

"Ignoramus27783" wrote in message
The latest 10.04 disk with EMC is a great system and works very well.

EMC supports DC servo drives natively, with or without tachometers.


Curious then why did you feel it necessary to buy the PICO interface ?

Pico interface is what sits between the PC's parallel port and servo
drives.


I understand that..

Pretty sure it's not needed for a simple 2axis gang tool lathe with
threading--as long as you using steppers or a gecko the parallel port has
enough pins as is.

Needless to say, I absolutely require closed loop position feedback....so if
the encoder is is being interpreted by linux, instead of by the gecko then
there goes all of your pinouts ....

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You need to take a good inventory of what you have. I would also
suggest to keep notes, in a spreadsheet or just a notebook.


I keep quite a few of my notes here on usenet...