Mark Wrathall wrote:

Paul wrote> So the Gecko is both motion card and servo amp?

It inputs a step rate and outputs the analog voltage for the servo
motors?

Sounds like DOS would be the best OS to use as it comes closest to
to being real time OS.

Correct on both counts. Although EMC also does a great job on Linux RT
Kernal. The Australian Rutex servo drivers are functionally the same as the
Gecks, but at higher power.

Regards,
Mark
www.wankel.org

What do these things cost?

BTW does the DOS software available emulate the typical manual controls
found on a Funuc or Bandit?

Paul Lamar
 
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