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General Mach Discussion / Re: Macro

« on: June 25, 2008, 08:04:04 AM »

Thanks!

Looks simple now I see how you would do it.

I'll let you know how I get on.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Macro

« on: June 25, 2008, 06:16:50 AM »

Yes the contactors are going to be controlled through one of the LPT's either 1 or 2 have not decided yet.

Yes the delay is just for the contactor to come in

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General Mach Discussion / Macro

« on: June 25, 2008, 04:53:52 AM »

Hi there people,

I need a bit of a hand editing the M3, M4 and M5 macros.

What I need to happen is when an M3 or M4 are called, a contactor to be brought in (there is one for each direction), a delay and then to bring a third contactor in which starts the drive.

and when the M5 is called for it to disable the drive contactor first and then bring out the direction contactor.

Many Thanks

Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Emco Turn 120P

« on: May 02, 2008, 04:22:24 AM »

Hi there,

Very I am very interested in this post as I am currently in the process of upgrading a 120 myself. I completely agree with HurcoMatt the emco stepper boards are unreliable and have a tendancy to "pop" every now and then. Even better, Emco have now discontinued the service for them and components are becoming hard to come by. HK can supply you with a refurbished step board somewhere in the region of £1000 GBP if it goes down but they come with no warranty.

I am in the process of developing a new microprocessor based controller for the steppers, so far it is looking good. The DC spindle can be hooked up to a Parker SSD unit from inverterdrives.co.uk the 514 series is what you are looking for as it is a 4Q drive and just use the armature voltage feedback connection within the motor for the speed control.

Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Videos

« on: May 02, 2008, 04:21:19 AM »

Hi there,

Very I am very interested in this post as I am currently in the process of upgrading a 120 myself. I completely agree with HurcoMatt the emco stepper boards are unreliable and have a tendancy to "pop" every now and then. Even better, Emco have now discontinued the service for them and components are becoming hard to come by. HK can supply you with a refurbished step board somewhere in the region of £1000 GBP if it goes down but they come with no warranty.

I am in the process of developing a new microprocessor based controller for the steppers, so far it is looking good. The DC spindle can be hooked up to a Parker SSD unit from inverterdrives.co.uk the 514 series is what you are looking for as it is a 4Q drive and just use the armature voltage feedback connection within the motor for the speed control.

Mike