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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 set up for clearpath motors and c62 BOB with Ethernet SmoothStepper

« on: July 11, 2018, 12:29:14 PM »

Hello Craig,
That is sad news that i may need a c10 board instead of a c62 board.  I am out of time with getting this machine up and running for my company.  The gentleman that sold me the board told me that the board is compatible with my motors but based on what you have told me it is starting to look like that's not the case.  I am going to relay all the information i have learned from this forum to him to give him a chance to explain it.  Most of my research has been on the c62 board so i need to learn how to hook up the c10 board ASAP.  Thank you Craig for all your help.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 set up for clearpath motors and c62 BOB with Ethernet SmoothStepper

« on: July 10, 2018, 01:42:52 PM »

Thanks Craig,

Unfortunately my BOB needs the RJ45 connection for the motors and does not have input terminals for the servo wires.  The BOB is a C62 board from cnc4pc.  I am in contact with the board provider to confirm that the problem isnt with my board set up.  I think there is configuration problem in mach3.  Here is a pin layout for the RJ45 connections. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 set up for clearpath motors and c62 BOB with Ethernet SmoothStepper

« on: July 09, 2018, 03:56:21 PM »

And what does HLFB stand for just out of curiosity?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 set up for clearpath motors and c62 BOB with Ethernet SmoothStepper

« on: July 09, 2018, 03:54:41 PM »

Thank you everyone for the input so far.  Craig, you ma be right that i don't need the schp.  I only considered using it because i wont be the only one using the machine.  But for now i need to get it operational.  So with that being said I do not quite understand how to send an enable signal to the motors through the breakout board. Here is the pin layout for the rj45 connection from the motor to the BOB.  What would the port and pin be for mach3 to send an enable signal from the output.

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 set up for clearpath motors and c62 BOB with Ethernet SmoothStepper

« on: July 06, 2018, 12:14:18 PM »

I am having trouble configuring Mach3 to work with my clearpath motors while using the SCHP feature on my c62 board. 

The first problem is that the only way to enable the motors is through a hardware enable feature found on the RJ45 to clearpath driver cable converter bought from CNC4PC.com.  This hardware enable setting causes the motors to always be enabled and thus i lose the safety features built into the motors in the event of a crash.  The preferred method would be the software enable function on the cable converter which allows me to enable and disable the motors from Mach3.  I believe there is a setting in mach 3 that would solve this problem but i cannot seem to find it. 

My second problem is the SCHP feature.  I have enabled the dip in the c62 board and configured it in Mach3 but for some reason the c62 board just keeps cycling from standby to ready every 5 seconds. 

Here is a video i uploaded to youtube:  https://youtu.be/cgBtevyujE8

Thank you for the help