Netwolf, I was stuck bewteen a rock and a hard place about using DOS/Mel's system. It was just too old, for my liking. What works is great (Mel's System), but me being tech savy and all, I just couldn't bear with older technology.
Don't get me wrong, I did venture down this path, just I didn't feel comfortable being left in the 70's and 80's technology era.
The only bonus about this type is cost savings and basic funtionality.
The major issue I had with a stepper system, was of course the jitter at low speeds. Now seeing what a digital driver does vs the older drivers, there is no comparison to smoothness.
I was floored and stoked about how it performed over the older drivers.
Unfortunately my mind overtook my wallet and parted with a few hundred dollars as soon as I seen it. I was silly, hehe.
I found this website as a bit of relief about the decison of the Digital Driver.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82317
(I made a posting about some wiring, but it's all good now)
Bassnut, I did contemplate a servo drive, where I work, I can get servo drives and a few types of gearboxes (reductions). I looked at buying a premade system (ServoCat, ETC) and the cost was just not to my liking for my functionality.
For some reason, the servo method just didn't grow on me.
I've prepared a small vid, to show the stepper in it's first ever movements tonight. Ok, it's fast, but it's being controlled by preprogrammed software, that I have to get used to. Hehe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fOY-9HJJ_g
I just have to setup the parameters now, that's the fun part.
