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General Mach Discussion / Re: Max CL mode vs Max NC mode - motor pinouts?

« on: February 02, 2006, 10:08:38 AM »

Thanks Art.  I did not look in the FTP area.

Which pin is the leader pin and which pin is the follower pin?  If pin 2 (4, 6, or leads pin 3 (5, 7 or 9), is that + direction and if pin 3 leads pin 2, is that - direction?

Thanks.

--Eric

Just for future reference  ---> "MaxNCCL.txt"


PIN ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE
MAXNC CL2 SOFTWARE

PRINTER PORT PIN ASSIGNMENT
 
1............... M3 OUTPUT (LOW=ON, PULSE FOR PWM)
2............... A AXIS (quadrature)
3............... A AXIS (quadrature)
4............... Y AXIS (quadrature)
5............... Y AXIS (quadrature)
6................X AXIS (quadrature)
7............... X AXIS (quadrature)
8............... Z AXIS (quadrature)
9............... Z AXIS (quadrature)
10.............. INPUT, MOVE ENABLE (LOW=NORMAL OPERATION, HIGH=STOP, SEE NOTE)
11.............. INACTIVE
12.............. INPUT, HOME SWITCH (NORMAL OPERATION LOW)
13.............. INPUT, G61 SWITCH SENSOR
14.............. M8 OUTPUT (LOW=ON)
15.............. NONE
16.............. OUTPUT, DISABLE POWER TO MOTORS (LOW=NORMAL, HIGH=DISABLE)
17.............. OUTPUT, RESET CONTROLLER (LOW=RESET, HIGH=NORMAL)
18.............. ALL SIGNALS GROUND
19 TO 25 ....... NONE


NOTE: MOVE ENABLE IS USED TO STOP THE COMPUTER STREAM OF CODES UNTIL THE SERVO
MOTORS CATCH UP. ON TIME-OUT IT WILL PRODUCE A SERVO ERROR.

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General Mach Discussion / Max CL mode vs Max NC mode - motor pinouts?

« on: February 01, 2006, 10:59:17 AM »

I don't have a MAXNC machine or documentation so I don't know anything about this.

I was watching the "how to" video on installing Mach3 and there was a comment about selecting Max CL or Max NC mode.  It said when you check one of these, you don't need to set the motor pinouts.  Great, but what are the pinouts assigned to these outputs for each axis?  I did not see that anywhere in the documentation.  What is the difference between these two settings?  Is Max CL mode a 2 bit quadrature wave drive and Max NC mode a 4 bit quadrature wave drive?  What is the axis drive signal sequence of these outputs? 

Thanks.

--Eric