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Thanks Aldronaigh, I will check the links you provided. I saw other machines working with LinuxCNC so was strange to me that an SC cannot work with it.Aldronaigh wrote: Hi julius,
you can use the stepcraft machines with LinxCNC. Just order the "parallel port" version.
Accordingly to what Rory and MagIO wrote above, maybe the word "controller" is not correct. A more appropriate term should be "driver board", or not? I mean... the board inside the SC is "stupid", not "intelligent" like a controller. It just commutes digital signals to power signals for steering the motors. I'm right?Aldronaigh wrote: What you need in addition is a converter tool whoch translates .dxf/.dwg files (generated by you CAD program) to a usable G-Code file for the controller (inside the SC).
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Are you assuming that I know what a WinPC controller is? Or what a WinPC NC starter? By checking the website is absolutely not clear for a rookie (like me) to understand what I'm buying. The information presented is somehow "obscure".MagIO2 wrote: Well ... if you say that dedicating a PC to the CNC is cheaper than a controller board.
Currently I use Netbook + WinPC controller + WinPC NC Starter
The nice thing about this solution is, that the Netbook can be used while running a job on the Steppi (Preparing the next part, visit the forum ...) ... and it is "Plug and Play".
Using a different controller like the arduino is a little bit more extra work. Soldering adapter, install software on the arduino.
In the parallel solution the PC IS your controller board. The hardware-part is also Plug and Play. And the configuration is described here in the forum.
My future solution more looks like:
Raspberry + uC + g-code-sender
But it is still a long way to go.
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Aldronaigh wrote: Hey julius,
well the PCB inside the SC is not only a driver board. But it is not a real CNC controller board either.
Technical English terms can sometimes be a bitch
It is more a like a "diver controller". So it handles the incoming G-Code and converts it to step and direction signals (very simple explanation).
Aldronaigh wrote: yes, you can use LinuxCNC, you just need the parallel port version of the SC. The good thing about the parallel port version is, that you can "sidegrade" it into a USB version (which only works with WinPC-NC as the USB version is in some way dongled / optimized by the software developer!).
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Aldronaigh wrote:
Plus a dxf to G-Code converter. There are a lot out there and then you should be ready to go.
Just start slow and gain experience.
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