Hi,

Yes indeed this job can be done from any location on the planet. The actuators are from HIWIN, the LAS series (2). We have ones that have fitted optical sensors but I believe this is not the best way to measure the height of the desk as the actuator stroke to acheived desk height is far from a linear function with several variables such as what surface the desk is on (eg carpet). Instead I'm proposing that there should be a sensor reading the distance from a fixed point on the desk to the floor. This should then get fed back to the controller, and the controller should adjust the actuators accordingly.

The software was programmed in Delphi, I can get you the software programmers details. The previous guy working on the controller thought it was too hard to design one for use with USB, but I think this is rubish, and that USB is the best option for connecting to the PC's. I will post the software peoples details shortly.

The timeframe is simply as soon as possible (put it this way the previous guy took a year and a half to come to the conclussion that maybe he should look at purchasing a proper compiler). So I would suggest a target timeframe might be a month to come back with a mark 1. Then a following month to optimise for the final. But I think this is somewhat flexible.

Hope this helps.