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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 BreakoutBoard and all that Jazz

« on: October 16, 2008, 04:39:27 PM »

Well guys yep it works like a charm I will try and set up the homing switches first then I will do the spindle.

I have seen some threads on spindle people setting up spindle so I will just follow them.

The spindle is a Chinese water cooled unit.

Anyway thanks again guys.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 BreakoutBoard and all that Jazz

« on: October 16, 2008, 03:29:28 PM »

Thanks guys for that see i probably would gave played with it for hours and not relised I needed that extra 5v.

I will be having a play in the next couple of hours with it and will get back to you.

Thank you

Willy

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 BreakoutBoard and all that Jazz

« on: October 16, 2008, 01:52:43 AM »

Hi Guys,

I am a bit of a newb when it comes to Breakout boards and have purchased a C11 Breakout board to place between my Xylotex  and PC as I want to hook up some Homing switches and also use it to control the spindle I have set up anyway I have been reading what documentation I can find and I am a bit miffed .
I understand that I need to hook up 5v of power to the board from the PC using the usb power cable that was supplied  but do I also need to power the other side as well? if so is it just a 12v power supply I require, I have one that is 12v 1amp would that suffice or be to much to little?

Anything special I need to do in Mach3 I am running 2.0 Should I upgrade will I gain anything.

I just want to get in running and then I will do the Switches then the spindle one at a time.

I don't want to fry it or the driver   so I thought I better ask first  .

Willy