Galil 2183

While there is nothing wrong with my current controller I'm looking for options.

Currently, I have it working with Mach3. I'm also waiting for the completion of the driver for Mach4. AN associate of mine suggested looking in to Linuxcnc to standardize on that software for all of my machine conversions I'm doing.
I believe the cost to stay or replace the Galil controller will end up being a big factor in which direction I go.

Jeff

If you are set on migrating away from Mach, then you could remove the Galil controler, and reuse the servos/drives with Linuxcnc and some Mesa or other servo interface hardware compatible with Linuxcnc. That may be cheaper than an upgrade to Mach4. Especially if there are other machines to convert, that would need more Galil hardware to interface with Mach.

jeffgold@comcast.net wrote: I'm also waiting for the completion of the driver for Mach4. AN associate of mine suggested looking in to Linuxcnc to standardize on that software for all of my machine conversions I'm doing.

If you have a number of machines to convert then LinuxCNC might well be a good choice. And quite cost-effective.

Assuming analogue-voltage controlled servos the main options are:

www.pico-systems.com/PPMC.html
store.mesanet.com/index.php?route=produc...83_84&product_id=214
www.generalmechatronics.com/en/linuxcnc

These are the three main systems where the manufacturers themselves have supplied drivers to LinuxCNC. Pico and Mesa are both active on the forums here too.

There are, however, many other options, including different products from Pico and Mesa. (for example I am currently completing a lathe using the Mesa 7i49 Resolver / Analogue card 7i49 with the 5i24 FPGA card).