A question

[bodgeitandscarper]

Hi Gary the controller fitted is no longer made By fidia so what your saying that mach3 will not support closed loop could I use something like a galil board with the drivers to work with mach customer has had a quote for heidenhain 12k. so If iam half that then Im in :dance:

[Gary]

There are plenty of controllers out there, you can get a 4 axis cnc controller with lots of I/O and inbuilt PLC for about £1500-£2000.
It does not need to be the same as the one allready in the machine.
You could also use a galil PCI card, but how much would that cost? then the cost of the PC, and does the galil card accept the linear scales? I am not familiar with gallil stuff, but i do know that there is a plugin for mach.

Hi Gary the controller fitted is no longer made By fidia so what your saying that mach3 will not support closed loop could I use something like a galil board with the drivers to work with mach customer has had a quote for heidenhain 12k. so If iam half that then Im in :dance:

[bodgeitandscarper]

Do you Have any such systems in mind I know that does not have to be the same system Just not 1 hundred perecent sure whats out there.

[Gary]

Email me the details of the scales and how many axis and also what the drivers are and i can send you some details.

Do you Have any such systems in mind I know that does not have to be the same system Just not 1 hundred perecent sure whats out there.