Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

There have been a couple posts regarding replacement harness's with links to Amazon to buy. I have purchased a couple batches of 10

Swissi....
The OP is using a tool measure, not a probe

In reality there is little or no difference, but those clone drives are closer to the DM series than the CS or ES drives. Just make sure all your other settings are correct once the drive type is selected

Use the "DM Series"
Set Step pulse rate to 100K
Connect to the DB25 header
Do not connect to the "ENA" terminals

Those stepper drives should be connected to the DB25 header and set no higher than 100k step pulse

Is there an input set as "DriveOk? (or one of the variations)
Do you have this input wired to a device to show a fault?
Which device?
IS it faulting?
Are you sure you have NO/NC set properly?

Connect your motors to stepper drives. The drives step and direction inputs connect to the Acorn

Arthur...
No need to explain, as I am used to my advice not being followed. I offer the advice only because I have over a dozen operational machine with the exact config I listed

Arthur... I would suggest the following: Use Teknic's wire for control & power to the ClearPath motors Install a properly rated EMI filter on the power (in) side of the VFD Install resistors on the control wires as per the Teknic Manual (possibly) install EMI filters on the power (in) side of th...

Sunfar is one of the better chinese vfds and are easy to set up. Like Marty says, post the manual, specs of your spindle, and pics of your setup