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Slave Motors

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:50 am
by aerostar
I am building a large format laser (2000 x 3000 mm) and need to slave 2 motors for Y axis.
Any idea on how to wire to the DSP board and how to set the software (PHCad)?

Re: Slave Motors

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:52 pm
by powerfade
I actually asked the question awhile back when I was building my machine. There is probably a small thread about it somewhere. Unlike Mach 3 you don't need to set up a slave axis. The DSP is strong enough to drive both motors off of the same y step and dir. Hope that helps.

I found the link.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=405&p=1382&hilit=second+motor#p1382

Re: Slave Motors

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:27 am
by aerostar
Thanks, this should work.