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hmmm I would like to remote in to the system and see this first hand please. private message me TV ID and Pass and lets take a look!

clay,
Hello.
http://www.automationdirect.com/pn/TRDA-2E2500VD
will work just fine with Acorn.

5 volt quadrature differential with A,A- B,B- Z,Z-

dan thanks for the great photos..nice clean install!
im just reposting here again within the forum.

i just checked it on my system.. its working as it should. please check your PC keyboard, try another one if possible.
can anyone else confirm proper operation of the keyboard short cuts for feedrate override?

thanks for posting the tip and video! i use tool check all the time..very useful feature. fyi.. when you press cycle start (two times) to restart, cnc12 restarts at the beginning of the line of G code that it was currently executing when tool check was pressed. this is nice.. so tool is guaranteed t...

Jason,
please reference the Acorn Gecko G201 Schematic #S14809 as a guide for drives that require 5VDC.
the Acorn Leadshine schematic #S14851 is another example of 5vdc drive voltage hookup

yeah.. to meet industry standards..any automatic motion must be initialed with the cycle start button.

Hello. I have a Lathe RC (release candidate) Acorn CNC12 software that will become the official public release soon. If anyone is waiting on Acorn Lathe software and has the Acorn wired up and bench tested, has an internet connection at the CNCPC with teamviewer installed and has some way to communi...

However, I haven't found if there is some means of limiting travel when jogging the machine so as not to exceed the limits on the side without the limit switch. Thanks, Scot Scot, Hello. CNC12 software travel limits WILL stop you from Jogging into either travel limit. software travel limits will st...

it will not. in the last two months all our programmer resources have gone into Acorn Lathe 4.08
finalizing USB MPG is next on the list.. we have it running quite well on the bench and we just signed up two Beta testers for USB MPG. so its in the final stages.