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« on: October 21, 2015, 07:54:05 AM »
hi Rich,
Thank you for the response.
As stated above I am a novice and have been looking for this info all over the net as well as the Mach 3 manual manual and now eventually giving up admitting that I am defeated. I have read the Mach 3 but this is not where the problem is, it is how the ports and pins of the controller are setup. Optimum has their own software interphase but I would like to use the Mach3 to spare myself the three months wages it would cost to buy it (Rand versus Euro 15 to 1)
I have been able to get accurate movement and done some simple milling stuff but I need to get more to use the system to its full potential.
anyhow here is the Controller VI specifications:
Controller VI V2 (supplied by Optimum in Germany through a South African third party that know less than I do.)
The Unit has:
2 X parallel ports named port 1 and port 2 (25pin)
2 X Relay ports named pot1 relay and port 2 relay
9 pin connection plug for a three axis point of origin
6 X slots for the stepper motor cards (I am using 3)
Pin assignments for the DB 25 male is
Pin Application Description
1 RELAY Switch output eg (motor on)
2 Direction X axis
3 Cycle X axis
4 Direction Y axis
5 Cycle Y axis
6 Direction Z axis
7 Cycle Z axis
8 4th Axis
9 4th Axis
10 Free
11 References switch Z
12 References switch Y
13 References switch X
14 RELAY Output eg coolant
15 Reference switch 4th axis
16 - 24 Free
25 OV DC, Earthing
The 9 pin connection pins are as follows for the reference switches
1 X1 Machine point of origin port 1 X Axis
2 Y1 Machine point of origin port 1 Y Axis
3 Z1 Machine point of origin port 1 Z Axis
4 ROUND TABLE
5 +12V DC
6 X2 Machine point of origin port 2 X Axis
7 Y2 Machine point of origin port 2 Y Axis
8 Z2 Machine point of origin port 2 Z Axis
9 OV DC
The things I d like to do are:
a. Connect a auto zero plate to indicate tool heights/lengths and Z Home
b. Switch the spindle on and off from within Mach 3.
I would be grateful for and one that could assist
Thanking you in advance