Re: STG pinouts

[Brian Pitt <bfp-at-earthlink.net>]

Jason

the STG pins seem to be used up by the motor amps ,limit and home switches
if this page is still current
http://www.isd.mel.nist.gov/projects/emc/stg.html
so I guess the AUX I/O would still end up on the LPT port

I remember Jon Elson having some STG schematics on his site at
http://pico-systems.com/Machining.html
but its down right now (might be back up by the time you get this)

Brian

On Wednesday 08 May 2002 20:07, you wrote:
> >Joe
> >
> >Don't know if this will help but it comes from the stg.c file.  I
> >notice that
> >the stuff like lube, coolant and such are not assigned.
>
> Ray,
>
>  Thanks. This stuff is very helpful. Now I can see what STG pin I'm
> actually assigning to the functions in the INI.
>
> But now when I look at the default settings in the [EMCIO] section i
> can see that these assignments are invalid for my servo-to-go card:
>
> ; digital out bits
>
> SPINDLE_DECREASE_INDEX    =     8
> SPINDLE_INCREASE_INDEX    =     9
> ESTOP_WRITE_INDEX         =     10
> SPINDLE_BRAKE_INDEX       =     11
>
> Because the digital output indexes 8,9,10,11 dont map to any STG pins.
>
> Obviously these defaults are for the parallel port. So what are the
> recommended assignments for a servo-to-go card?  I dont want to
> accidentally assign ESTOP_WRITE to a pin that is already assigned to a
> function I need.
>
> So, to anyone out there with a servo-to-go card:
> what are your [EMCIO] ini settings for digital IO?
>
> -Jason
>
> P.S. I notice my subject line appears to be blank when sent from the
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