Advice on buying servos.

[Agathon]

Thanks for the reply.

I've taken a punt on these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322584699618

I spoke to the young lad whose selling them and it seems his grandfather worked in the motion control field. They may not work of course, but not much lost if they are US.

Will keep an eye out for motors to match.

[Boyan Silyavski]

I think you misunderstood what i said. Drive and motor combo from different manufacturers will NOT work!!!

You need a drive that lets you program the motor parameters, not a drive that lets you choose from certain motors!!! Check that in manual.

[Agathon]

I think you misunderstood what i said. Drive and motor combo from different manufacturers will NOT work!!!

You need a drive that lets you program the motor parameters, not a drive that lets you choose from certain motors!!! Check that in manual.

Thanks for the clarification. I'll be looking for used Omron or Yaskawa motors for the drives I've just bought (it appears that they had a joint venture).

It does seem that the issue of whether different manufacturers motors can be driven from different drives is not straightforward: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/servo-...vo-driver.html

However, I take your point. At £90 for two drives I'm willing to have a play and see what happens.

You mentioned cables in a previous post. Is it impossible to make up cables given the correct plugs and sockets?

[Agathon]

According to the specs this is the correct motor for the drivers I just bought - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OMRON-R88M...-/182634177958