Re: PCI I/O cards


The STG card has 32 bits of digital input.  Isn't that enough?  Of course, 
we're not PCI yet.

Don McLane
Servo To Go, Inc.

At 11:46 AM 11/30/01 -0500, you wrote:

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>Calling Linux programmers,
>
>My EMC application requires more I/O than is presently configured to the
>parallel port with the Bridgeport "plc".
>I am hoping to move the parallel port stuff (lube,spindle,coolant,estop) to
>a Sealevel PCI Bus 48 TTL Digital I/O Interface as well as incorporate the
>remaining I/O.
>(8 tool limit switches, remote pendant functions, x and y axis brakes)
>The software that came with the Sealevel card has two steps:
>step 1.  =  install drivers.  This worked and prompted installation
>complete.
>step 2.  =  load drivers.  This uses the mknod command to create device
>special files.  Running the load drivers resulted in :  mknod: wrong number
>of arguments
>The manufacturer of the card (Sealevel) assures me that the program works on
>Linux.
>How can I read and write to this PCI card the way I do with the Servo to Go
>card.
>
>The next step will be to include STG analog inputs of spindle speed and
>spindle load on the Tkemex Gui.  Ray says the GUI stuff is the easy part.
>
>Kurtis
>
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>Calling Linux programmers,
>
>My EMC application requires more I/O than is presently configured to the 
>parallel port with the Bridgeport "plc".
>I am hoping to move the parallel port stuff (lube,spindle,coolant,estop) 
>to a Sealevel PCI Bus 48 TTL Digital I/O Interface as well as incorporate 
>the remaining I/O.
>(8 tool limit switches, remote pendant functions, x and y axis brakes)
>The software that came with the Sealevel card has two steps:
>step 1.  =  install drivers.  This worked and prompted installation complete.
>step 2.  =  load drivers.  This uses the mknod command to create device 
>special files.  Running the load drivers resulted in :  mknod: wrong 
>number of arguments
>The manufacturer of the card (Sealevel) assures me that the program works 
>on Linux.
>How can I read and write to this PCI card the way I do with the Servo to 
>Go card.
>
>The next step will be to include STG analog inputs of spindle speed and 
>spindle load on the Tkemex Gui.  Ray says the GUI stuff is the easy part.
>
>Kurtis
>
>
>
>
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