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In your first post, it is unclear whether you are asking about a spindle brake (one that stops the tool from rotating) or a Z axis brake (one that prevents linear Z movement). The brake outputs on the GPIO4D control servo axis brakes. They are generally for use with servo motors that have integral h...

No. The DC3IOB is a single unit that incorporates three axis drives and a PLC I/O unit in a single unit. It is not modular. On the one hand, this means you can't change out just one drive, or just the PLC input section, or just the PLC output section, or.... On the other hand, it means you only need...

2500 sounds more like a line count (lines per rev, pulses per rev, cycles per rev...).

The effective counts per rev is 4x that amount. You need to enter 10000.

When you refer to the mill manual, I am guessing you mean the table under M94/M95 in Chapter 13. That table lists PLC inputs , not outputs. M94/4, for example, will turn on INP36 in the PLC program. What, if anything, the PLC program does in response depends entirely on your particular PLC program. ...

You have not said whether your systems have DOS and CNC7; Linux and CNC10; or are one of the handful running Windows and CNC7 or CNC10. I will assume you are using Linux and CNC10. In that case there is no separate PLC directory. Your PLC sources will be in the /cncroot/c/cnc10 directory, along with...

Maint_1 wrote: I trace this to the program statement Lubricant_low = PC_Lube_Fault & / Fault_Override. So to me this means Lubricant Low is a 1 when PC Lube fault is a 1 and Fault Override is not active or 0. This then makes OUT63 a 1 and the message Lubricant Low is written to the screen. Am I ...

The logic power supply for the MPU11 will run on anything from 85VAC to 264VAC. The micro-ATX supply for the DC3IO probably has a 110/220 voltage selector slide switch to allow it to run on 220V if desired. The EMI filter in the 24VAC output of the control power transformer is, I believe, an anachro...

1) What make and model servo motors are you using? 2) What encoders are you using? 3) What is the line count of your encoders? The control will count 4x as many encoder counts per turn as the encoders have lines. For example, 1024-line encoders yield 4096 counts per revolution. 2000-line encoders yi...

Transformers do not output DC power. It is conceivable that your transformer, if it was built for the dedicated purpose of feeding a DC rectifier assembly, could have labels that represent the expected DC voltage after you rectify the AC coming from that set of secondary taps. If that is the case, t...

Press Alt-S for Cycle Start. If you go to Control Configuration (F1/Setup, F3/Config, F1/Control) you should be able to set "Console Type" to "Keyboard" and get appropriate prompts (e.g. Alt-S and ESC instead of CYCLE START and CYCLE CANCEL). I think you can also press Alt-J to b...