Vendor	Type	Development State	Remarks
HALaser Systems™	Type: E1701D Scanner Controller	Development State: stable	Accessible via Ethernet or USB; modular, low-cost XY2-100/XY3-100 scanner card
	Type: E1702S Scanner Controller	Development State: stable	Accessible via Ethernet or USB; modular, low-cost XY2-100/XY3-100/SL2-100™ scanner card
	Type: E1803D Scanner Controller	Development State: stable	Accessible via Ethernet or USB; modular, low-cost XY2-100/XY3-100/SL2-100™ scanner card
CTI™ / GSI™	Type: EC1000	Development State: stable	to be used via RTC compatibility library only (provided by vendor)
	Type: SC500	Development State: stable	to be used via RTC compatibility library only (provided by vendor)
generic	Type: GCode-output	Development State: stable	Outputs vector and tool control data as G-Code (CNC) control commands
	Type: printer-driver-based	Development State: stable	Supports all devices that are accessed via installed printer device
Makeblock™	Type: XY-Plotter	Development State: development
RayLase™	RLC USB	Development State: experimental
Scanlab™	Type: RTC4	Development State: stable
	Type: RTC4Scanalone	Development State: stable
	Type: RTC5	Development State: stable
	Type: RTC6	Development State: stable
SCAPS™	Type: USC-1	Development State: stable	Windows only, requires SCI license from SCAPS™
	Type: USC-2	Development State: stable	Windows only, no support for Ethernet connection, requires SCI license from SCAPS™
	Type: USC-3	Development State: stable	Windows only, no support for Ethernet connection, requires SCI license from SCAPS™, requires software version 1.2 or newer

Laser controllers - while most laser types (like IPG™, SPI™, YAG, CO2, other fiber lasers) can be controlled the scanner controller card directly, some of them require special control commands. These lasers can be accessed by special control plug-ins:

Vendor	Type	Development State	Remarks
miscellaneous	Type: CO2, YAG, IPG™, SPI™ and   similar	Development State: stable	directly supported via most scanner controller cards, no separate laser control interface necessary
Coherent™	Type: Avia	Development State: stable
generic		Development State: stable	basic support for all lasers with serial interface and ASCII communication
SPI™	Type: G4	Development State: stable	ASCII-commands via serial interface

Motion controllers - an elementary part of manufacturing and process control deals with motion operations:

Vendor	Type	Development State	Remarks
HALaser Systems™	Type: E1701M Stepper Motor         Controller	Development State: stable	Multiple axis controller for motion operations and single axis controller for Z-Shifter elements
	Type: E1803D Intelli-IO extension in motion mode	Development State: stable	4-axis motion control add-on board for E1803D scanner controller card
Faulhaber™	Type: Series MCBL 300x RS, MCDC 300x RS, 3564...B CS, 32xx...BX4 CS and 22xx...BX4 CSD	Development State: stable
Schneider Electric™	Type: MDrive+	Development State: stable
Sill™	Type: Focus Shifter	Development State: development	Single axis controller for Z-Shifter elements
	Type: Stepper Motor (via scanner controller card)	Development State: stable

Process control - a professional laser sintering/3D stereo lithograhpy process needs to control different additional parameters beside of the main operation. Such parameters - like temperature, gas concentration, gas pressure and other things more - can be checkend and influenced by this special category of plug-ins which also can be extended by own ones using the free-of-charge software development kit (SDK) which makes development easy:

Vendor	Type	Development State	Remarks
generic	Type: Get temperature via scanner controllers analogue input	Development State: stable	retrieves temperature and halts marking process
Optris™	Type: LT Pyrometer	Development State: stable	retrieves temperature and halts marking process
Pewatron™	Type: FCX gas sensor controller	Development State: development	retrieves gas concentration and halts marking process when it is out of a defined range

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The table below gives an overview about the possibilities to drive (stepper) motors, their advantages and features. This list contains only these solutions which are directly available by us, for other motion controllers which are available from within RepliSLS3D 3D laser printer software and RepliMark laser marking software please refer above.

	Software driver	E1701M	E1803D Intell-IO extension in motion mode
Type	Plug-in (software driver)	Motor Controller (hardware solution)	Motor Controller (hardware solution)
Acceleration modes	logarithmic	logarithmic linear s-shaped	linear
Acceleration	one acceleration value for all situations, no separate stop acceleration	separate values for acceleration, deceleration and stop possible
Motion mode	sequential, only one axis at the same time	all axes parallel and independent from each other	one acceleration value for all situations, no stop acceleration
Referencing modes	simplified: enter limit switch in one direction or enter and leave limit switch in alternating directions two separate referencing speeds for entering and leaving the limit switch positive or negative direction	complex: up to four referencing steps combineable out of direction, entering and leaving limit switch up to four separate referencing speeds for referencing steps positive or negative direction search for limit switch (automatic direction change)	predefined: enter and leave reference switch two different referencing speeds positive or negative direction
Stop of running motion	delayed, may be dropped in case of short movements	immediate reaction (realtime operation)	immediate reaction (realtime operation)
Hardware I/Os	uses digital-IOs of scanner controller card	provides own hardware interface (opto-insulated IOs)	provides own, additional IO's
Axes	up to four	up to four	up to four
Maximum jitter-free step frequency	100 kHz	500 kHz	38 kHz
Other		encoder inputs for two axes