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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: ra on March 10, 2011, 02:01:42 PM

Title: Converting from Centroid m39 to mach3
Post by: ra on March 10, 2011, 02:01:42 PM
Hello,

Does anyone know roughly what would be involved in switching from a Centroid m39 control system to mach3 in terms of boards etc?

Thanks for any help.

Rick
Title: Re: Converting from Centroid m39 to mach3
Post by: Hood on March 10, 2011, 02:18:22 PM
Do you know if the drives take or can take Step/Dir signals or are they analogue +-10v control?
Hood
Title: Re: Converting from Centroid m39 to mach3
Post by: ra on March 10, 2011, 03:26:12 PM
I am not sure but will find out a.s.a.p.

Thanks
Title: Re: Converting from Centroid m39 to mach3
Post by: ra on March 14, 2011, 10:28:32 AM
Just spoke to our machine guy and he said we were analog +-10v. Also he thought that mach 3 did not support servo  yet. Does anyone know if that is true?

Thanks,

Rick
Title: Re: Converting from Centroid m39 to mach3
Post by: Hood on March 14, 2011, 11:04:52 AM
I have AC servos on  my lathe and mills;)
What I have however is Allen Bradley  servo drives that can accept, amongst other things, Step/Dir signals.
It is still possible for you to use your analogue amps but you would need to use Galil or DSPMC or Kflop/Kanalog to interface them to Mach.
Hood
Title: Re: Converting from Centroid m39 to mach3
Post by: Ron Ginger on March 14, 2011, 08:31:02 PM
See http://ajaxcnc.com/ Thats a mach based kit just for centroid.