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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach 4 on a Millright Mega V: What do I need?
« on: April 21, 2020, 07:14:36 AM »
I have a Millright Mega V. This machine uses an arduino and grbl, with UGS as the preferred gcode sender. I hate UGS - used it on my last Millright machine and it was just flaky as hell with lots of limitations. But on that old machine (an M3), the stepper drivers were part of the arduino and changing it out was a big hassle. On the Mega V, the stepper drivers are standalone units so I can swap out a controller (just bypassing the arduino entirely) without having to do as much work. I'm looking into switching over to Mach 4, but would like to know what I need in terms of controller hardware to interface with the existing stepper drivers and the computer.
This machine has dual Y-axis motors, which I believe share a driver, then there are separate drivers for X and Z for a total of 3. I also have a touch probe, and a 1.5kW Spindle/VFD I'll need to connect to it, and at some point I'd love to add an ATC spindle, and a way to automatically control a coolant mister, so whatever controller I get should have room to grow. Suggestions?
Thanks!
This machine has dual Y-axis motors, which I believe share a driver, then there are separate drivers for X and Z for a total of 3. I also have a touch probe, and a 1.5kW Spindle/VFD I'll need to connect to it, and at some point I'd love to add an ATC spindle, and a way to automatically control a coolant mister, so whatever controller I get should have room to grow. Suggestions?
Thanks!