See my first discussion
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11221 :violin:
Which led me to the conclusion that the board in my Spectralight 0200 is gonna have to go. Take a look at this pic:
This is what I've got under the hood of the spectalight control box. The power supply is outputting 42.8VDC. The fan appears to be running off the 110VAC. I have 3 steppers on the spectralight- each has 8 pins, but only 4 of them used. I know just about nothing about steppers - is this normal?
Short question- will a HobbyCNC board universalize this box that wants a Light Machines proprietary PC card, and proprietary software? Anything else besides a HobbyCNC board that I'm going to need to get this thing up and running? I've got an old laptop I want to use, so I'd like to get some really low overhead software. I've only got P3 w/ 64MB RAM. Maybe something that runs in DOS or Linux...
Your help is much appreciated!