Hi Jim
Appreciate your quick response , Unless it is real basic I am useless in
writing programs , I will have a look at the skeleton to see if any thing I
can adapt
What other hardware is available as an alternative to drive a couple of
analogue lumonics Galvos
Best regartds and Thanks
Peter ( Australia )
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[mailto:openapc-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Jim Hart
Sent: Friday, 21 September 2012 3:13 PM
To: openapc(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
Subject: Re: interfacing laser to old Lumonics with RS232
Peter,
in case your dinosaur is still alife and happy, why let him die?
The bad news are: it is not supported out of the box, you would have
to write your own scanner controller plug-in in order to control it.
There will be a skeleton available as part of the SDK soon (or there
already is something online at
https://fedorahosted.org/OpenAPC/browser/plugins/libio_sc_skeleton )
which can be used as starting point.
In case you want to replace it by some other hardware: please contact
us via the contact form, may be we have a solution for you.
Kind regards
Jim
On 21/09/2012, peter klos <peterklos(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
Hi
I am rebuilding a yag laser for laser marking and need to drive the
analogue
galvo heads , the controller is an old DE 2000 Lumonics with a 68000
processor and communicates via RS232
Attached is the manual , or
http://www.gsig.com/scanners/downloads/manuals/12PDE_DE2000_3000.pdf
Could you please advise if APS will communicate with the unit via rs232 or
an I wasting my time with a dinosaur product.
I can drive the galvo's via an +/- analogue input so if its not suitable
what do you suggest for a driver card or DAC with Beamconstruct
Many thanks Peter
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Jim Hart
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