Smoothstepper

[John S]

I have one of the first beta release boards and the later connector board from Arturo Duncan at CNC4PC although the firmware is that latest version.

It was bought to go on a lathe to try and sort the threading problem out in Mach.

However the smooth stepper hasn't been finished and Greg has left the building.

The encoder support hasn't been implemented and there are a few other issues, backlash etc.

However for me it's the fact that for no reason it looses connection with the PC occasionally and can't find out why.

If it's for a mill or router I can't see, other than USB connection what advantage it has over the parallel port. As I said I wanted this for a lathe but like the Gecko G100, the NC Pod, the Smooth stepper and the Brain, none have come to fruition.

I sometimes feel I'm more of a beta tester for Barclay's withdrawals than CNC firmware [ sigh ]
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