If I am not mistaken, your mill has a brushless spindle motor. That would use a different type of driver than the older X series manual mills which were typically equipped with brush type motors.
Steve Stallings > -----Original Message----- > From: John Stewart [mailto:alex.stew...@crc.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:45 AM > To: Chris Reynolds; Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] I feel dumb > > I wonder - I got a Sieg KX1-NU CNC mill, without controller. > > It had two boards in it; one was a specific speed controller > board, the other was, from my understanding, a common Sieg board. > > Go to littlemachineshop.com and look at the replacement parts > for their smaller CNC mill. (look for replacement parts, CNC > machines, 3993 control board, 3501 spindle; it plugs into the > "motor controller, 3501 spindle" board) > > Ok - the little board had on the screw terminal connections: > > - isolated power supply; > - 110v input; > - isolated 5v output; > - analog speed in; > - ground; > - direction; > - something else. > > It was really, really easy to send the +5v, ground, and > analog in lines to the Gecko G540 that I put in. > > I did have to adjust the on-board potentiometer on this > little board to give me maximum speed with +5v; as it was > probably set up for 0-10v. > > I wonder if this board would fit in your machine? A bit > expensive, but a plug-n-play solution, if your "motor > controller board is the same. > > JohnS. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
