Is there support in EMC for running the 5i20 card in hostmot-8 instead of hostmot-4?
I have seen an email mentioning hostmot-8 configs being committed to the cvs in dec 06, but cant find any documentation about them. (havent checked the cvs to see if they are there, just going on the email).
Has anyone tried using them, or is this just a work in progress?
Basically i already have all the hardware to do 4-axis, and i want to have a spare channel for initially just a spindle encoder, but eventually a spindle controller. Also it wouldnt hurt to have the option of 5-axis in the future (when my bank balance recovers a bit).
One issue i see so far is that i dont have a way of isolating the motor pwm and dir signals, or the encoders. Whilst i can get a board from mesa to isolate the io, there doesnt seem to be one for the motors, and the pinout is different. Does anyone with one of these boards have any ideas? is it really necessary?