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- Fri May 03, 2024 9:43 am
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Controller-only (not motors/drivers) upgrade for PRS Alpha
- Replies: 18
- Views: 205
Re: Controller-only (not motors/drivers) upgrade for PRS Alpha
Yes, Oriental's docs are thorough, if not close to overwhelming! If you can simply reset to factory defaults, they will work just fine with most controllers. If you do succeed, there may be a cottage industry there for you!
- Fri May 03, 2024 8:01 am
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: New Shopbot conversion: tech help needed
- Replies: 2
- Views: 39
Re: New Shopbot conversion: tech help needed
Agreed. One of the "Door Safety" input designations should work the way you want. In my travels as a SB service tech that key switch with the spindle wrench attached was the second most requested safety feature to remove. In first place was the 2 second "Ooo-Aah, Ooo-Aah, Ooo Aah"...
- Thu May 02, 2024 8:31 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Controller-only (not motors/drivers) upgrade for PRS Alpha
- Replies: 18
- Views: 205
Re: Controller-only (not motors/drivers) upgrade for PRS Alpha
If you're diligent you can probably find a way to reprogram the drives online. It used to take usb to rj45 adapter cable and M$ hyper terminal
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:35 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Controller-only (not motors/drivers) upgrade for PRS Alpha
- Replies: 18
- Views: 205
Re: Controller-only (not motors/drivers) upgrade for PRS Alpha
Hey man, I'm not trying to sell you a controller package, just trying to save you some wasted time and frustration. There are a good number of SB guys here that have built their own systems, and they, along with myself try to assist the next guys that come along
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Controller-only (not motors/drivers) upgrade for PRS Alpha
- Replies: 18
- Views: 205
Re: Controller-only (not motors/drivers) upgrade for PRS Alpha
Thanks, Gary. I just read that post, and I see your point. However, it seems to me that overall it should be more practical with the 2020 hardware since the motor/driver issues you mentioned have presumably been addressed. You may have missed the line where I stated that the more modern drive (AR) ...
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Controller-only (not motors/drivers) upgrade for PRS Alpha
- Replies: 18
- Views: 205
Re: Controller-only (not motors/drivers) upgrade for PRS Alpha
All has been answered here by me, with one small caveat: the 2020 version of drivers (AR versions) will be slightly more difficult to implement as they have even more obscure logic in their programming
https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=10052
https://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=10052
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Wizard turns/deg limited to 7 characters?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 136
Re: Wizard turns/deg limited to 7 characters?
A couple questions before I answer, if I may.... 3.1:1 is not a common reduction ratio, how did you arrive at that number? Your numbers are accurate, but only at full steps, are you running a stepper at full steps? If so, why? And the reason behind my questions is shown in the chart below. Using 1/8...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Wizard turns/deg limited to 7 characters?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 136
Re: Wizard turns/deg limited to 7 characters?
Double post
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:55 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Modbus TCP, ethercat, Ethernet/IP spindle control?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 91
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:30 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade
- Topic: ShopBot & AVID Closed Loop System
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6981
Re: NEW ShopBot Closed Loop System
This controller is also available with NEMA34 motors, M12 connectors and 14 pin spindle interface to enable AVID customers to take advantage of the additional features of the Acorn controller and closed loop steppers.