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General Mach Discussion / Re: Servo system

« on: February 09, 2008, 09:37:30 AM »

Gecko 320 / 340 are as good as you can get. wiring is a doddle wire them common +5volt.
If you can wire a stepper system then there will be nothing here to worry you.
  I would say use 340's with encoders 500 counts (quad 2000) and you will be safe using 2x multiplier.
dont use 5x or 10x unless you are using them on a point to point system.
  Ie a drilling machine or pick and place.
Ive built a few systems using them and have never had a problem.
   Tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: rs 232

« on: January 23, 2008, 07:37:47 AM »

Sterling,
   great that did the trick and its free!!
  regards

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General Mach Discussion / Re: rs 232

« on: January 19, 2008, 09:28:12 AM »

Graham,
 I have had a good look but it all seems time limited.
I was kind of hoping i could find something?
    Tony

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General Mach Discussion / rs 232

« on: January 16, 2008, 01:45:29 PM »

Guys
   Can anyone point me in the direction of some DNC freeware?
I need something easy to operate.
    Cheers

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General Mach Discussion / anilam 1100 retrofit

« on: January 12, 2008, 02:47:36 PM »

Guys,
  just bought a large turretmill (5hp) that is equiped with an anilam 1100m controll
and servo,s. its a 1996 machine.
  althought the anilam works perfectly and the drives are good ect, I am used to using mach3
so I would like to link mach3 to the drives and remove the anilam controll do I need those pixies?
  Any advice positive or negative would be appreciated.
      Tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Still unable to get motors to turn under mach 3 after 1.5 weeks

« on: December 22, 2007, 10:22:43 AM »

Clive,
   I have read back through your posts,have you definatly got a pulse signal going from your
breakout board to your driver when you Jog? I usually just attach a small speaker/earphone to the step wire and it
will buzz at differant pitches for differant feed rates,and should be clear and un stutterng.
If you have the buzz and the enable system is disconnected then the motors should turn.
  Do the motors do do anything? I know you say they are energised which is as it should be at stand still with the
enable system disconnected.Do the motors make any noise when commanded to move?
   I have had no expieriance with the cpc4pc system  but they are all very similar.
Whereabouts are you prehaps one of our local forum members can visit you to help.
  Tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: HP ENCODER QEDS-7148

« on: December 04, 2007, 07:35:17 PM »

Hood,
  I doubt it as the case is plastic.
I'll strip one tommorow and see if I can get some photos.
   cheers
   Tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: HP ENCODER QEDS-7148

« on: December 04, 2007, 07:21:24 PM »

Hood,
  Thanks for taking time.
 yes I found that link before,but I was intending on striping them and modifying them.
or probably using them as mpg encoders.They were cheap enough!
  Tony

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General Mach Discussion / HP ENCODER QEDS-7148

« on: December 04, 2007, 04:53:14 PM »

Hi,
 I have just bought 3 HP ENCODER QEDS-7148  encoders
off ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150177860536

there are only three wires coming from them,does anyone know how to wire them for
quadralature? I have tried getting info from the vendor but they appear to be
ignoring my emails!
  regards
      Tony

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Power Supply Voltage Too High

« on: November 28, 2007, 04:33:49 PM »

oh! it should have been unwind the secondary not the primary,it wouldnt affect the 5volt tap.
  Tony