I've been reading for quite a while now, and decided that Geckodrive is the way to go for me.
I'm buying a cnc flat bed mill wich is normally equiped with stepper motors and a weird custom controller. I'm goint to buy it without controller or motors and put my own (that I still have to buy) stuff on it. I really want servos and the Geckodrives.
But from what I understand, you can just hook up the Geckos to the parallel port and make it work with Mach3 (for example). But what if I need more than 4 axis? Isn't the parallel port limited to 4 axis?
I then thought of adding a G-rex, so I have 6 axis support and only 1 cable (usb preferred). I also have a bunch of I/O ports I could use. But then I can't use Mach3 anymore, as it only supports parallel port.
So what can I do? Is the G-rex really needed? I think a USB controller is better if I look into the future, Serial/printer ports start to disappear and I'd like to keep using my machine together with an up to date computer.
Thanks