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09-26-2011, 07:17 PM
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I am trying to setup a system using 4 animatics smart motors. From what I have read they can be setup for step/direction input. The motors are going to be setup on a laptop through 2 USB to serial adapters. Can Mach 3 be setup to send data through a USB serial converter. More importantly can it output through 2 USB ports to different motors at the same time. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Judleroy  |
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09-26-2011, 08:24 PM
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| Mach3 can only send step/dir signals through the parallel port. The only way to use USB ports is to use an external motion controller, like the Smoothstepper or KFLOP.
__________________ Gerry Mach3 2010 Screenset http://home.comcast.net/~cncwoodworker/2010.html (Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management) |
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09-26-2011, 09:16 PM
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| That kind of what I'm afraid of. The animatics motors have built in motion controllers. As far as I can tell Mach 3 Would just have to send the code. I know Mach 3 works with k-motion and smooth stepper so I'm hoping to be able to integrate it with these motors. What is the issue with using a USB serial adapter? Hope someone can help me work this out so I can use the USB ports but if not I'll go in another direction. Thanks for the input Gerry. Judleroy |
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#4
09-27-2011, 06:21 AM
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| kflop and Smoothstepper use plugins written specifically for them to work with Mach3. Mach3 has no native USB support.
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