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Marty, my supplier didn't have 8-wire 18-gauge cable. So, I figured I'll just use 2 4-wire cables to the VFD.

Thanks, Marty. I picked up some 4-wire, 18 gauge, shielded cable for the Acorn-to-VFD control wiring.
(I'm waiting on getting an order of 4-wire, 16 gauge, double-shielded cable for the VFD-to-spindle wires.)

There are a number of wires I will be connecting between the Acorn board and my VFD that runs a 2.2kw spindle. Do you have a recommendation on the type of wire to use? For instance, should I use a single cable with 8 18 gauge wires? Should it be a shielded cable? Or, is 20 or 22 gauge all I need ...

I think your first note on adding 4 to parameter 4 will get me what I want. Thanks for that tip.

As to your second note, perhaps a future version of CNC12 would allow a user to set the default directory (that is not tied to the last file loaded). Then it would not be necessary to preload the last ...

1. I also find the auto-load of the last file loaded an unwelcome feature. When exiting CNC12 and reloading it please don’t do this. Or, at least allow a way to turn this feature off. This is the way most software works that I use. Word and Excel don’t load the last opened file for me automatically ...

Thanks. I’ll look into that product. It appears promising.

Does anyone know of a source for a replacement controller for a Next Wave Shark CNC?
Would like to use a box with an Acorn controller, but don’t want to build it myself?

Perfect. That will get me going. I saw the TT-1 Tool Touchoff schematic in the zip file. Just what I was looking for.
Thanks.

Having successfully wired up my Acorn board and set up CNC12, I now want to install a touch-off plate (or TT-1 probe) to set Z zero. Where can I find information about wiring up something and then setting it up and using it in CNC12?
I have a 3-axis CNC machine (with a 2'x3' table) that will ...

Success! In the end I just changed one wire - connected the 'red' wire to the 5vdc on the Mean Well (instead of to COM next to EN2).
Secondly, I did as you said, and told the Wizard it was a 'Leadshine'.
With those two changes all is working perfectly. Thanks so much for your help (and patience ...