The Z axis on my mill has a BEI rotary encoder on its ballscrew, the table has two Anilam System A-10 linear scales. All of them have a 5 wire connection, conveniently still having wires run through conduit to the big box, and X and Y connectors labeled. (Should be able to figure out which of the three is Z...)
'Course the label on the rotary is up against the back wall of a hole in the top of the Z axis drive housing, so I'd have to take things apart to read it. What hardware do I need to use those so LCNC can read the data? They worked fine with (I presume) acceptable accuracy when new, no reason they won't now. I've found this http://www.candomachinery.com/Anilam%20Scales%2070000339.pdf A-10 is on page 12. The resolution of the system is .01mm/.0005 in. That should be plenty good enough. This bit doesn't match what I have "SYSTEM A is printed on the scales; SYSTEM A-10 is printed on the reader head." Noooo. On mine SYSTEM A-10 is on the label on the scale. Can't see any labels on the reader heads, covered by mounting brackets. Don't ya love it when the documentation doesn't align with the actual product? Is there a way to test these scales and the encoder? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60133471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
