Re: [Emc-users] A bit OT: Looking for pinout for a Chinese Scale reader head

2022-05-09 Thread Mark
Thanks Dave.  Somehow I missed that page on the shumatech web site.  That helps a lot. I've got a DRO 550 that needs an enclosure and an overlay.  But the DRO 350 itself is working just fine, all I need are scales that work too and are compatible with the DRO. Mark On 5/8/22 15:13, dave

Re: [Emc-users] A bit OT: Looking for pinout for a Chinese Scale reader head

2022-05-09 Thread Mark
Thanks Scott.  Unforch the DRO uses neither of those connectors.  I've got the pinout for the mini Din, was just looking for the scale's mini USB pinout. Mark On 5/8/22 23:28, Scott Harwell via Emc-users wrote: This might help. Scott On Sunday, May 8, 2022, 02:16:56 PM CDT, dave

Re: [Emc-users] A bit OT: Looking for pinout for a Chinese Scale reader head

2022-05-08 Thread Scott Harwell via Emc-users
This might help. Scott On Sunday, May 8, 2022, 02:16:56 PM CDT, dave engvall wrote: Indeed, it is an interesting approach. http://www.shumatech.com/support/chinese_scales.htm#Scale%20Connector It may be time to dig out the scope or to upgrade to newer scales and readout. If the

Re: [Emc-users] A bit OT: Looking for pinout for a Chinese Scale reader head

2022-05-08 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 8 May 2022 at 16:04, Mark wrote: > Wondering if > anyone knows what the pinout for the mini USB connector on the scale > would be I would be astonished if the +V and 0V do not coincide with the standard USB pinout. So that would leave two options to try for which is data and which

Re: [Emc-users] A bit OT: Looking for pinout for a Chinese Scale reader head

2022-05-08 Thread dave engvall
Indeed, it is an interesting approach. http://www.shumatech.com/support/chinese_scales.htm#Scale%20Connector It may be time to dig out the scope or to upgrade to newer scales and readout. If the glass scale is very good then it is probably worth the fuss ... else The chinese scales I got

[Emc-users] A bit OT: Looking for pinout for a Chinese Scale reader head

2022-05-08 Thread Mark
Hi All, I've got an elderly Shumatech DRO-350 and was using it this past week and the read head on the X axis of my mini mill decided it was time to give up the ghost. I ordered what looked to be a drop in replacement but when it arrived, I noticed it had a mini USB connector as it's data