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by cnckeith
Fri May 31, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: No signal from Acorn to the stepper drivers
Replies: 13
Views: 240

Re: No signal from Acorn to the stepper drivers

these drives should probably be connected to the DB25
do you have link to the manual for these drives?
by cnckeith
Fri May 31, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Replacement Ethernet components
Replies: 5
Views: 175

Re: Replacement Ethernet components

I’d say your electrician owes you a new acorn system. The switch is maybe $20 the cost of the ether1616 board, I can understand them not wanting to break up prebuilt kits. I know it is a pain, but I’d say you need to buy an entirely new kit. The risk is that you fry each additional component you ad...
by cnckeith
Fri May 31, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Replacement Ethernet components
Replies: 5
Views: 175

Re: Replacement Ethernet components

flashing (aka debricking, aka bootloader) instructions are on the Acorn start here page.
https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... guide.html
by cnckeith
Fri May 31, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Replacement Ethernet components
Replies: 5
Views: 175

Re: Replacement Ethernet components

the glue is there to stop you from plugging anything into it.
by cnckeith
Fri May 31, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Rough Motion on Circular Toolpaths
Replies: 54
Views: 1461

Re: Rough Motion on Circular Toolpaths

remind me did these drives have drive tuning software?

and you could try messing with delta v max but, you might be going down a rabbit hole with that one.
https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic. ... 707#p82707
by cnckeith
Fri May 31, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Rough Motion on Circular Toolpaths
Replies: 54
Views: 1461

Re: Rough Motion on Circular Toolpaths

trying a different pc is just a basic debug technique to quickly eliminate the PC as a possible source of an issue. i carry spare $150 PC's with me just for this purpose, that way i don't have to spend hours/days working on someone else's PC to try and solve an issue. :-) its probably not the PC BUT...
by cnckeith
Fri May 31, 2024 10:10 am
Forum: Public Beta CNC Software Testing, Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Cycle Start programmatically
Replies: 3
Views: 139

Re: Cycle Start programmatically

grassmann wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 5:09 pm This is great - thank you very much. The user will have full control of the machine via another app that I am developing on top of the centroid API.
Thanks again.
can you share with us your app and its application? would be very interesting to see.
by cnckeith
Fri May 31, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: No signal from Acorn to the stepper drivers
Replies: 13
Views: 240

Re: No signal from Acorn to the stepper drivers

- Run the PC Tuner on the PC , and then run the stress test.
https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... loads.html

- and make a photo album with the requested info so we can help you out.
by cnckeith
Thu May 30, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Finally did a fresh install and WPMG still not being recognized by windows
Replies: 19
Views: 420

Re: Finally did a fresh install and WPMG still not being recognized by windows

battery type makes a difference as well. don't use rechargeable batteries.
by cnckeith
Thu May 30, 2024 10:25 am
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Feature Request - SSV
Replies: 34
Views: 2689

Re: Feature Request - SSV

Canned SSV has been committed and will be in the next release of CNC12 CNC12 parameters for SSV P981 : Time for Spindle Speed Variation to complete a Full Cycle in Seconds. P982 : Amount of Speed Variation (Example; S = 500, P = 100, Speed would be 400 or 600 depending on where its at in the cycle)....