jmayhew

I have a customer that has a HMI application that runs on a NT PC, written in VB6 that uses Delta Tau’s PTalk to communicate with an older Turbo PMAC. Due new system requirements the Turbo PMAC is being upgraded to a Power PMAC. While this was the right thing to do for the new servo technology, it created an issue with communication between the legacy VB6 app and the Delta Tau hardware. My understanding is that PTalk is not supported with the Power PMAC. Is this true? I've explored a number of other options, but none have been fruitful. I’m sure that I'm not the first to come across the issue of a legacy app needing to talk to the Power PMAC hardware. Do you have any suggestions? Is there an app that I could use to translate PTalk to something that the new Power PMAC can understand? Wishful thinking, I know... Do you know of any example projects or code that I can reference/Leverage for writing my own translator app? My team as talked about modifying the legacy VB6 app, replacing communication via PTalk with a Telnet session. However, currently we’re not able to build the legacy VB6 project. We are still working on piecing together a working build ENV., but would like to explore other options in the event that this is a dead end. Thanks for your support,

Guys, Thanks for the replies.... Your input is invaluable. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with Delta Tau and the method you are describing, to set it up and program without more detailed instruction. Do you have a good example that I can use? Also, I'm not sure about the Gate3 chip. Where would I look? Here is the list of hardware that I'm using

I need help with writing a pulse generator that will run in a user-written servo code routine that I'm working on. The generator needs to allow Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) at a constant frequency (1kHz) and a variable duty cycle that can be set from 0% to 100% 0% would disable the Pulse and 100% would be full signal Thanks,

I'm a new user to the Power PMAC Suite and fairly new to Delta Tau in general. I'm in the process of learning the DEV environment while writing an User-Written Servo routine. Progress has been slow. One of the items that has been somewhat frustrating, is that Builds/Compiles take a long time (we are taking go eat your lunch and come back). Once I select the build button, the suite starts the build process, but then goes to (Not Responding). The first few times this happened, I though that the application was hang, but after letting it set, I realized that's it's just taking a long time. I've just started coding, so the code that I'm building is relatively small. I've tried... Rebooting my PC Rebuilding the project from scratch Builds with No Device vs Builds while connect to a Device Nothing has made a difference Is there something wrong with my installation? Is there a configuration setting that I could consider that would optimize the build process? What do you recommend? Thanks for you help!