alright, that is doable, I might need a bit more than 2m, but I can
probably find one longer.
Maybe it is the best to rip all the OEM stuff out, and set up the
hardware from scratch, because I think it is probably a good
idea to use linuxcnc.
I also want to "control" the spindle. I think in both machines they
are DC motors, and might be good/fun to replace those by something
more controlable.
On 12/21/19 6:01 PM, Phill C wrote:
Yes, it is an of the shelf fully populated cable like this:
http://pico-systems.com/osc2.5/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=28&osCsid=q44slh22e8lckb4jrudvs2skj0
On 22 Dec 2019, at 11:56 am, R C <cjv...@gmail.com
<mailto:cjv...@gmail.com>> wrote:
that looks like something I would need.
What parallel cable do you use? a straight through? I would love to
get rid of the proprietary stuff in those cns machines.
The hardware I was told is Sherline, but made/setup by paxton/patterson
I'll see if I can post a pic of them in a separate post.
Ron
On 12/21/19 5:53 PM, Phill C wrote:
I use these for a Sherline mill and a Sherline lathe:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1pcs-5-Axis-CNC-Breakout-Board-For-Stepper-Driver-Controller-mach3/201414938686?epid=23018351668&hash=item2ee544103e:g:GTkAAOxyBjBTWMPR
https://www.ebay.com/itm/M542H-3A-CNC-Stepper-Motor-Driver-Controller-2-Phase-128-Microstep-f-42-57-Motor-/282070570888
On 22 Dec 2019, at 11:48 am, R C <cjv...@gmail.com
<mailto:cjv...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I actually saw that one,
years ago when I was trying to get them to work, there was not that
much known about these things.
I wonder if it is easier to just get a good, affordable/inexpensive
driver, for the steppers and the spindle, and go from there.
The steppers on these tings are kinda weak I think.
But it is fun hacking them. Paxton/Patterson wants an arm and a
leg, and will not give any of the info on their machines.
Ron
On 12/21/19 5:33 PM, Phillip Carter wrote:
Probably a good idea, looking at this post
https://www.cnczone.com/forums/benchtop-machines/19359-cnc-cam-software-post153062.html#post153062 they
don't use standard parallel port pinouts.
On 22 Dec 2019, at 11:21 am, R C <cjv...@gmail.com
<mailto:cjv...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi,
yeah I figured that out a good while ago, using turbocnc. I'll
play with it a bit more. But at some point I probably want a
better more standard driver.
Ron
On 12/21/19 4:53 PM, Phillip Carter wrote:
It is probably worthwhile persevering, if you got the axes
moving then you can't be too far off.
They look like Sherline machines, I guess they have a third
party parallel BOB and drivers, do you have any info on them.
On 22 Dec 2019, at 10:45 am, R C <cjv...@gmail.com
<mailto:cjv...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I am actually tempted to replace all the electronics in my CNC
machines, and start from scratch.
I have two Paxton/Patterson "CNC Training Center" machines,
bench top, a lathe and a mill.
On 12/21/19 4:13 PM, Phillip Carter wrote:
That is above my paygrade, it may be worth your while creating
a new topic on the forum in this
sectionhttps://forum.linuxcnc.org/16-stepconf-wizard<https://forum.linuxcnc.org/16-stepconf-wizard>
On 22 Dec 2019, at 9:21 am, R C <cjv...@gmail.com
<mailto:cjv...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Ok, that seems to be working now, even in stepconf (wonder
what was going on there).
I have the mill working (sort of), I can make the XYZ axes
work, that is, I can
jog them in stepconf (the axis moves one step every time I
click one of the green arrows, I
expected it to continuously move)
The lathe I don't have working on h eother port yet, wonder
if maybe something is wrong there.
(the spindles are not running, but that might be because I
forgot to do the wiring for that, when I built the new cables.
I have an issue saving the second/mill configuration though,
here's what I get:
Stepconf encountered an error. The following information may
be useful in troubleshooting:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/stepconf/pages.py",
line 82, in on_button_fwd_clicked
self['%s_finish'%name]()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/stepconf/pages.py",
line 720, in finished_finish
self.a.buid_config()
File "/usr/bin/stepconf", line 781, in buid_config
self.d.save(base)
File "/usr/bin/stepconf", line 676, in save
os.symlink(base,shortcut)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
thanks,
Ron.
On 12/20/19 12:45 AM, Phillip Carter wrote:
In that case the lathe would have:
loadrt hal_parport cfg="1 out"
And the mill would have:
loadrt hal_parport cfg="2 out"
But again BOTH would have parport.0.blah-blah as it would be
the first port.
On 20 Dec 2019, at 6:31 pm, Phillip Carter
<phillcarte...@gmail.com <mailto:phillcarte...@gmail.com>>
wrote:
You would have two separate configs, the lathe would have:
loadrt hal_parport cfg="0 out"
And the mill would have:
loadrt hal_parport cfg="1 out"
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