Controller recommendations (other than mesa)

Well, another option is the Pico Systems Universal Stepper Controller. See :
pico-systems.com/univstep.html
for detailed info and :
pico-systems.com/osc2.5/catalog/product_...ath=4&products_id=20

for ordering, price, etc.

We also have a $50 analog output module to control a VFD. This is designed to be as plug-and-play as possible.


Jon

I was going to mention your board Jon - but he specifically said Ethernet.

Ethercat was not going to be helpful to this fellow.

Chris

cmorley wrote: I was going to mention your board Jon - but he specifically said Ethernet.

Ethercat was not going to be helpful to this fellow.

Chris

X 2.

Its a shame the Mesa ethernet cards don't have a DHCP server on board. That would make life much simpler...

DHCP is not compatible with realtime

Mesa cards do support bootp however which is real time compatible

rodw wrote:

cmorley wrote: I was going to mention your board Jon - but he specifically said Ethernet.

Ethercat was not going to be helpful to this fellow.

Chris

X 2.

Its a shame the Mesa ethernet cards don't have a DHCP server on board. That would make life much simpler...

How is it that dhcp would be helpful to a 20 year IT veteran?

selling a 7i76e is the bad part
it is the best board you can get

and you never asked for help why
it even now got a full Stepconf wizard like setup
Dont sell it get into it