What is the longest I can have a parallel cable without having problems or lost signal? Tigerdirect has a 30 foot parallel cable. I'm using the stepper drivers from Keling and a breakout board from CNC 4 PC.
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09-11-2007, 06:01 AM #1
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09-12-2007, 03:39 AM #2
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They make the cables up to 50 feet. I get missed steps after 18feet when doing finer work. Keep it as short as you can.
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09-12-2007, 05:53 AM #3
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One of my glass scales on my bridgeport DROs just went dead and the DRO itself never was that good. So instead of ungrading to a new DRO I might just turn my mill into a CNC and use the computer and Servo encoders as my new DRO. So that being said I just welded together a computer station on wheels so I can move it from CNC station to CNC station, which solves my parallel cable problem. But thanks for the response, so I know if I ever need to extend it.
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