spindle encoder

[heilcnc]

i just started using emc2(its a little hard to set up but when done works great) on my mill now i want to try it on my lathe i use turbocnc now with a 1ppr encoder on the spindle for threading can i use the same setup with emc2 or do i need more pprs thanks

[cradek]

You need more than one ppr. This has been discussed a lot on the emc-users mailing list; here is one post I found about it: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux...emc.user/2575/