Burny 2.8 to EMC conversion
01 Jul 2010 09:24 #3258
by henry
Burny 2.8 to EMC conversion was created by henry
First of all I'm thrilled to have found this community. My goal is to create my own CNC router at home but before I do that I would like to first learn more about EMC2 . I search the forum for info on Burny controllers but didn't find to much stuff so I'll ask the question. At work I have and old burny controller it controls a plasma cutter, how hard would it be to slap a pc to it running EMC2? Will the current hardware that controls the motors work with EMC2?
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01 Jul 2010 11:39 #3259
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Re:Burny 2.8 to EMC conversion
Hi Henry,
Welcome to the forum.
I don't know anything about the Burny except that I have seen the name before. EMC can control just about anything that takes step and direction inputs or velocity inputs with position feedback. EMC is the "smart" side and controls "dumb" electronics.
Do you know much about the Burny? Steppers or Servos?
John
Welcome to the forum.
I don't know anything about the Burny except that I have seen the name before. EMC can control just about anything that takes step and direction inputs or velocity inputs with position feedback. EMC is the "smart" side and controls "dumb" electronics.
Do you know much about the Burny? Steppers or Servos?
John
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01 Jul 2010 11:57 #3260
by henry
Replied by henry on topic Re:Burny 2.8 to EMC conversion
No I don't know much about it, I mostly deal with hypertherm equipment. Next time I'm in that shop I'l make not of the spec. Another thought I've had is one of our Hypertherm machines need the control also updated, however I'm wondering how the hypertherm motion controller card would interact with emc.
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01 Jul 2010 12:11 - 01 Jul 2010 12:12 #3261
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Re:Burny 2.8 to EMC conversion
Henry,
I built a plasma table and used a Hypertherm 1250 with it. I found the Hypertherm tech guy hangs out on the CNC Zone in the plasma section to be the most helpful guy around and knows the Hypertherm equipment extremely well. I'd bet if you posted the model number of your machine over there and asked if it could be controlled with EMC he would tell you. The key is EMC controls "dumb" hardware and is not designed to work with "smart" hardware.
If you think about it take a picture of the controls for your Burny and post it here.
John
I built a plasma table and used a Hypertherm 1250 with it. I found the Hypertherm tech guy hangs out on the CNC Zone in the plasma section to be the most helpful guy around and knows the Hypertherm equipment extremely well. I'd bet if you posted the model number of your machine over there and asked if it could be controlled with EMC he would tell you. The key is EMC controls "dumb" hardware and is not designed to work with "smart" hardware.
If you think about it take a picture of the controls for your Burny and post it here.
John
Last edit: 01 Jul 2010 12:12 by BigJohnT.
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02 Jul 2010 17:42 #3264
by DonnieET
Replied by DonnieET on topic Re:Burny 2.8 to EMC conversion
We have two burny's at work they are PCc base to start with.
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