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by DanielCA92563
Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:49 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: PNP proximity sensors as home switches?
Replies: 4
Views: 2774

Re: PNP proximity sensors as home switches?

Clay, thank you for your help.

I was hoping not to have to replace the sensors but it was quick and painless. NPN sensors worked great.
Thanks again.
by DanielCA92563
Sun Oct 22, 2017 7:51 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Laptop below recommended specs?
Replies: 9
Views: 4107

Re: Laptop below recommended specs?

This is what I bought and works well so far, link below. It was 240 dollars shipped includes solid state drive, a second hard drive- says 1TB (mine came with 2TB), windows 10 pro, and CPU meets minimum requirements. Amazon prime no less. Best HP Elite 8200 Small Form Factor High Performance Flagship...
by DanielCA92563
Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:47 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: PNP proximity sensors as home switches?
Replies: 4
Views: 2774

PNP proximity sensors as home switches?

Hello, I'm tackling my switch over to acorn today. I currently have PNP proximity switches on X-,X+, Y-,Y+, and Z+ as home/limit switches for my G0704/Hicon motion controller. 24 volts is put across the blue-brown wires of my 3 wire sensor. when the switch is activated, the third (black wire) sends ...
by DanielCA92563
Fri Oct 13, 2017 1:34 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Fusion 360 Post processsor for centroid acorn? (resolved)
Replies: 4
Views: 2439

Fusion 360 Post processsor for centroid acorn? (resolved)

Hi All,
For those of you with an Acorn board- just wondering which post-processor, if any, people are using for fusion 360?
Should I use the centroid post processor Version: 41601? at
https://cam.autodesk.com/posts/
or a generic Fanuc post?
Any help is appreciated.
Daniel