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I have been searching for information/ schematic for wiring the kp3 probe and tt-4 together , utilizing the 1 centroid harness for each.
CNC 12 v5.22 kp3 input 6-7 and tt-4 on input 3-4. This seems to work using both cnc 12 and Chips . I have read the input should be shared, is this correct ...

A couple of questions regarding coolant options - I've recently begun using the mist command in addition to the flood command and have been choosing "Flood and mist" from the coolant dropdown in Fusion. HOWEVER it appears that no coolant commands are being written to the .nc file. When I was just ...

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If your name is Brian, I found your email in the spam folder and you should have a response from me. If you are not Brian, please send me a private message here with ...

Hello,
I'm a noob setting up CHIPS on my latest CNC12 Router Pro edition for my 60x96 shopbot PRS Alpha with 16 tool ATC (fork style) and is running on an Acorn controller. My machine also has a pneumatically deployable diode laser and a pneumatically deployable tangential cutter knife on the Z ...

hi do i need to do something special to turn on tool diameter? boring some holes there were off a hair tried to adjust tool diameter and redo them but this doesnt work. i ended up having to change tool size in fusion 360 and repost to do this. how i can i do this within acorn cnc?

would think ...

On the first two pages of this post there are a few links to recent versions. I am not sure which is the absolute latest. Here is one I downloaded just a few weeks ago: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/aj2g9orbodo86emcyunb5/PeckTapping.cps?rlkey=fi3de4158xvardum3y7q0vfqg&dl=0

Here is one as noted ...

Lincolncentroid wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:09 am I looked at the BeeLink but the reviews on Amazon weren't v very good

The BeeLink that Keith posted has a 4.6 out of 5 rating. If that's not good enough, then good luck finding a computer for your system

I have several BeeLink Minis and never had a problem with them so far.

-swissi

After checking all probing in Centroid (spindle probe, tool touch off and xyz touch plate) successfully and then installing CHIPS, mfunc6.mac wasn't generated.
I'm assuming just copying the mode 3 template over to mfunc6 works?
My other issue is probing with the spindle touch probe doesn't work ...

In most cases the TT has the higher spring load than the TP so when the TP is touched off on a TT, it will be the TP that trips. With a few exceptions, the pre-trip travel of a mechanical TT and TP in the axial direction is within 1-2 micro meters (0.00008") and can be neglected. This is definitely ...

All,
I encountered this yesterday as well. I will try closing the graphics today and see what happens.

Is there any updated on this issue I have not seen?

Thanks in advance,

PFM Dave


The Centroid API function to retrieve the active tool in the spindle has been fixed in the beta version of ...