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  1. 03-06-2010, 08:33 PM #1
    matttargett4
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    Mach 3 and Burny 3

    Hi,

    Ive just been offered the box that goes under a burny 3 controller with the servo drive cards in and all the buttons on the front, i presume it has input and ouput cards as well, my question is can mach interface with this using step / direction or does it work on a bus or some needlessly complicated system like that? It would be ideal if i could connect to it since i dont really want the burny 3 but the servo drives would be nice.

    Thanks for any help

    Matt
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  2. 03-06-2010, 08:51 PM #2
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    IIRC, the Burny uses analogue drive control.
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  3. 03-17-2010, 02:40 AM #3
    Alan Bradford
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    Hi Matt,
    Al is right, the Burny3 uses an analog drive signal and encoder feedback to keep track of where it is. It is a 0 -10 vot signal.
    0 is stopped, 10 volts is wide open and the polarity controls the direction the motors rotate.

    Im not sure about Mach 3, but a Step & Direction system will not drive the Burny/Westinghouse/whatever Burny 3 compatable drives.

    Good Luck,
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