Bruce, can you tell us a bit more about how it's all connected w/ encoders and the drives? Would you route the encoder lines to the 'brain' and then somehow send that in duplicate over to the drive or?
By the look's of it, a guy might get pretty good at soldering DB plugs!
Have you contacted Brian or Art over at Artsoft? I'd like to hear if there is the possibility of them building a plug-in for this.. it sounds like the perfect fit..
Jerry