gstewartjr Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Currently have a TurboPMAC2 3U, 4 axis interface, encoder/stepper/ 48 out/ 24in in a rack. Can I replace the TurboPMAC with a PowerPMAC? I'm about to update a customers pmacLite/ISA/Win95 from 20 years ago. It has some PLC programs and ocx communication library? But I doubt I can replicate the win95/ visual basic UI, and purchase communications library. I can't even find PEWIN32 - although it is on customer machine, so I can offload those text based programs. Thanks -Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstewartjr Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 I think I found answer. The Power PMAC UMAC CPU board can communicate with all of the accessory boards that the older Turbo PMAC2 UMAC CPU board (603766-10x) could use. In addition, it can communicate with a new generation of “PMAC3” UMAC accessory boards for motion, MACRO ring, and I/O that employ a new generation ASIC and a 32-bit data bus on the backplane. Going to try this out. Maybe it is only way to upgrade as PEWIN is not available for download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve.milici Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Here is a document link that describes the conversion process from Turbo PMAC to Power PMAC: https://assets.omron.com/m/20e224d58a9886bc/original/Converting-Turbo-PMAC-to-Power-PMAC-Manual.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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