On 3/8/2015 3:33 PM, Dave Cole wrote: > The Animatics motors are an all in one Servo motor/drive/interface all > stuffed into a very small package. So there is no separate boards or > amps for these motors.
That is now, this is then. ;-) The controller is a white box with a CPC for power, a DB25 (serial port) and another D-sub connector (labeled Auxiliary) with a 40 pin ribbon cable connected to the circuit board in the box on the back. Someone (I assume the same nut who added the resistors to the motor powerline) removed the short 25 pin cable that connected the serial input on the Animatics box to the back panel. Same nut is likely the person who removed and discarded the large cover plate, so I need to make one from a piece of sheet metal and get a male and female DB-25 IDC to crimp together a new cable for the external connection. (I have a 9 to 25 pin serial cable connected to a laptop in the video.) The other end of the Animatics box has three CPCs, one each for X Y Z. Those go to DE-9 connectors on the same board the ribbon cable connects to. There's a 4th DE-9 on the board, I assume for a 4th axis. Encoders and limit switches connect to the main board too. Just took the box out to see the model number etc. Model CD5306M Version 3.5M Serial Number C01425M (I'll email that to Moog Animatics and see how much they won't tell me about it.) Another cable from the main board goes to a DA-15 for TTL I/O used to control things like a tool changer, robot arm, air powered vise or drawbar. Keeping the existing system would be best because A. it works B. I need to use it sooner rather than later C. I don't want to spend more money and time replacing the perfectly functional electronics it has, which would include figuring out how to control the spindle speed. For a mid 1990's CNC machine this has some exceptionally clean and compact electronics. Just the Animatics box, one main board, and the transformer and circuit board for the power supply. Creating a LCNC setup for this would make it easy for anyone with a model 2000 or 2500, possibly the PLT3000 lathe or Benchmaster mill to just "plug and play". --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
