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General Mach Discussion / Re: Probing plugins

« on: November 18, 2013, 12:47:31 PM »

Yea, where the machine moves in a grid probing to see if anything is there

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Where do I start Bridgeport Interact Series 1

« on: November 18, 2013, 11:10:39 AM »

I've ordered some AMT103's now and line drives. although I'm mr impatient and I really want to get my machine working tonight. If I connect the old encoders incorrectly, could I damage my controller, (assuming I get 0v and 5v correct)

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General Mach Discussion / Probing plugins

« on: November 18, 2013, 08:45:55 AM »

Is the probing not being worked on by anyone any more?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Where do I start Bridgeport Interact Series 1

« on: November 18, 2013, 08:44:46 AM »

I'll check the tinned holes later, I noticed yesterday that one of them had no tracks going to it top or bottom, maybe I should just order another encoder? Was thinking about the amt103?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Where do I start Bridgeport Interact Series 1

« on: November 17, 2013, 03:34:30 PM »

The green is case ground, so I hope the rest are correct too. The wires inside look very factory with nice connector, so I guess it's original. With less wires, in unsure how to connect these to my ip-a controller?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Where do I start Bridgeport Interact Series 1

« on: November 17, 2013, 03:13:07 PM »

Ok I just found some info from BEI that looks similar and also rings a bell with what I scoped when I tested that encoder.
Red is +5V
Black is 0V
Green is case Ground

So if that checks out then

Yellow looks like its channel A
Blue looks like its channel B
Orange looks like its channel Z.

But as said its a low cound encoder, only having 254 counts per rev or 1016 quadrature.

Hood

Sorry only just noticed you posted this. So 5v and 0v(black) I'll check ground when I head back to workshop in 30 mins.

So how would I connect this to my ip-a without line driver, or can't i??

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Where do I start Bridgeport Interact Series 1

« on: November 17, 2013, 03:07:37 PM »

That's good news. I'll put this on the z axis.
I'm very eager to test and setup the machine. Can I use this encoder without the line driver until it arrives?

I've identified red as 5v and black as ground. Can I damage anything if I connect the rest wrong?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Where do I start Bridgeport Interact Series 1

« on: November 17, 2013, 02:42:05 PM »

I got 4, two this type, the other like this was physically broken. So I only had 3. Is this no good for me then?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Where do I start Bridgeport Interact Series 1

« on: November 17, 2013, 01:57:35 PM »

Sadly nobody local to me that I know has a scope here is an image of the encoder showing the numbers. Does this give you any info?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Where do I start Bridgeport Interact Series 1

« on: November 17, 2013, 01:20:37 PM »

Sadly forbes was unable to help with the diagram for one of my encoders (photo above). I have worked out 5v and ground. Bit nothing else. I've noticed that the encoder or have 6 wires, while the others have 8. Is this going to be an issue?