phase drive for motor controller

[al]

I was wondering if the masso can phase drive a motor controller.

I have a Motion Group drive system that I use with TURBO cnc a dos program , the drives need phase drive to operate not step direction

5v ttl from printer port

there are 2 pins and a ground pin , 2 pins are switched 0,1 / 1,1 / 1,0 / 0,0 . the switching sequence rotates the motor cw , reverse sequence 0,0 / 1,0 / 1,1 / 0,1 .the motor rotates ccw

 

[cncnutz]

Hi AL

Wow that brings back memories. My first CNC used Phase drive stepper drives on TurboCNC.

The only only thing I ever found that could do that was TurboCNC. All other hobby controller software use Step and direction for their motor drives with the exception of very old proprietary systems which used PWM. You won't find anything to drive them either.

Masso uses step and direction so you will need to upgrade your stepper drives. You will also find that modern drives are superior to the old phase driven drives that you have, if you buy a decent drive that is.

If you want to find out more about stepper drives I suggest you watch my video below. It might help with deciding on suitable hardware to drive your motors.

Hope this helps

Cheers Peter