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by eng199
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Max pulse rate question
Replies: 5
Views: 142

Re: Max pulse rate question

Set parameter 968 to 16.
The width of the step pulse is constant at a given p968 setting, so the step rate has to be set low enough for the drive. Otherwise, the short step pulse may be missed by the drive.
by eng199
Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Strange noise issue.
Replies: 5
Views: 190

Re: Strange noise issue.

I would ground everything related to the dust collection unit with heavy wire going to a single point ground bar. Some dust collection units are impressive static electricity generators.
by eng199
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: Centroid Hickory CNC Controller
Topic: hickory controler
Replies: 2
Views: 188

Re: hickory controler

DMM is making some changes for HICKORY compatibility.
Currently available drives are not compatible.
by eng199
Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:21 am
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: SD3 Driver
Replies: 4
Views: 305

Re: SD3 Driver

AC/DC drives can run those motors. They are brushless (aka AC) motors, so ALLIN1DC will not run them. You should not use SD3 or SD1 on a new build. Centroid tries to support products as long as possible. However, there are components on SD1 and SD3 that have been obsolete for over a decade. The time...
by eng199
Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:39 am
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Motor sizing for Allin1DC
Replies: 4
Views: 287

Re: Motor sizing for Allin1DC

- Should I be concerned about the max current consumption being so much greater than the capacity of the Allin1dc? No. Peak Current is extremely high on DC brush motors. It is normally the demagnetization current, so you don't want to go near that. - Just out of curiosity, how much of a performance...
by eng199
Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: optic direct
Replies: 5
Views: 396

Re: optic direct

The cable was marked DELTA, that is why I used the delta header, are the cables header specific? The Delta cables are slightly longer than Yaskawa. There is no other difference. The analog input is the only reason I know for using the Delta header with the breakout board. It is more convenient than...
by eng199
Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: optic direct
Replies: 5
Views: 396

Re: optic direct

Normally LC4DBRKOUT is used with the Yaskawa header H2. Pinout attached for H2.
by eng199
Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:04 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Conecting old fanuc dc drive
Replies: 24
Views: 9670

Re: Conecting old fanuc dc drive

Rafael Almanzar wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:24 pm TB 233 (REV 1) Where it explains the connection of these old drives to the oak control and the 5M and 10M servo motors by means of an OPTIC 4 card
OPTIC4 is from 2009. It is obsolete.
See the beginning of this thread. The systems were not cost effective.
by eng199
Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:53 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Acorn 10V analog output wonky (Resolved, and not what you thought)
Replies: 9
Views: 673

Re: Well nuts, Acorn 10V spindle speed signal loading down

Strange symptom though, driving down the commanded signal so much. The output was probably oscillating. A sine wave would likely display on an oscilloscope. A meter on VDC will just show the average. Once the output is out of control (continuous oscillation) it is hard to say what the DC average wi...
by eng199
Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:40 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Reading Absolute Encoders
Replies: 1
Views: 2964

Re: Reading Absolute Encoders

OpticDirect (connected to Oak) and HICKORY support absolute encoders.