Brother TC-211

mblaszkiewicz wrote: I found these in the manual. Is it the info you need for the resolvers

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This shows that the drives output digital quadrature pulses. This makes things very easy, and rather cheaper.

Do you fancy running the machine with a PCI card, a parallel-port connected card or a rather experimental ethernet interface?

I was waiting for more info before putting togther a pc. I have an amd quad processor avaiable, so the easiest and most robust would be great. Also the most input output options. I have a tool changer to work with

mblaszkiewicz wrote: I was waiting for more info before putting togther a pc. I have an amd quad processor avaiable, so the easiest and most robust would be great. Also the most input output options. I have a tool changer to work with

Lots of choices:
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxCNC_Supported_Hardware

But mainly look at Pico and Mesa as they both offer direct support in this forum. (In fact you have been talking to one of them already). I am uncomfortable making recommendations, though I have no commercial links to either.

OK I went to the list and I'm totally lost at this point. What would the best card or cards to get everything running. my main control board has a fifty pin, 30 pin and x, y z and spindle connectors.

mblaszkiewicz wrote: OK I went to the list and I'm totally lost at this point. What would the best card or cards to get everything running.

I suspect that the main choice will be between
pico-systems.com/PPMC.html
and
store.mesanet.com/index.php?route=produc...83_84&product_id=214

But, depending on exactly what the signals are, there may be other combinations that fit better.

Any reps from mesa or pico that wish to chime in with info and suggestions I would really love your input.