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Thanks, so if z/z- is not required and I checked the hi/low signal voltages, is there anything else you'd recommend for troubleshooting?

I decided to test with one of the lathe handwheel encoders first (ROD 426.0000-600). I connected the x axis encoder to a 5V power supply and common negative as recommended. Only A/A- and B/B- were used by the old ezpath controller, so I as those were the only wires I could match to a schematic I con...

I am having trouble getting the ROD 426 spindle encoder to work with the acorn6 encoder input and I think it may be related to the current draw which can be up to 120 mA. Is there a way to use an external 5v power supply rather than the acorn6 5v supply? For the gecko drives, I was successful using ...

+1 vote for the Delta ASDA-A2 series. I can't finance testing, but I'd buy 3 controllers in a heartbeat!

Got both motors running on G320X drives, thanks for the heidenhain links!

Pictures of the spindle (#1) and servo encoders (#2 & 3) attached

I'm starting on a 1996 Bridgeport Romi EZPath AcornSix retrofit - went with that controller so that I can hopefully take advantage of the original dual handwheel MPG encoders and maybe add live tooling in the future. The original controls had already been removed when I bought the lathe, and the sch...