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As a followup: "159gates" was also used on Centroid Dell PC's from late 2019.

To me once you get to that point it looks like completely separate code sections that are not needed if your machine doesn’t fit that orientation?

For a PLC program that only needs to run on one control and one machine, yes: there is no need to include the code for features you will not be using.

I am obviously not an unbiased source, since I provided your original PLC program.

I maintain my own library of "stock" PLC programs (mill/lathe, oak/allin1dc/hickory/legacyadd, atc/non-atc, etc.) which I keep as internally consistent as possible. I gave up trying to make them similar to the ...

Interesting. I look forward to seeing what someone from Centroid has to say about it.

Those wires look like they do not connect to OUT6.

They look like they pass underneath the relay board.

Maybe those are your analog wires from Acorn H8 to your VFD.

One more reason why it is not good practice to route wires over or under circuit boards....

Because Hickory does not allow the CNC12 software to be updated in place, the hour meters reset to zero every time you install a new CNC12 software version.

To maintain your hour meters, you have to manually copy the "mt.stats" file from your (renamed) previous installation directory, or from the ...

The acorn_mill_plc.src program you posted does not have any "custom" changes in the lube section. You can just use the Wizard.

Some lube pumps with electronic timers will not work optimally with P179=0.

For example, one with a "lube-first" timer, which pumps lube whenever power is first applied ...

Lube logic and Parameter 179 are standard to nearly every Centroid PLC program of the last 20 years.

If you install a fresh version; assign "LubeOut" to OUT1 as before; and set Parameter 179 to the same setting you had previously (or check the same boxes in the Wizard), then it will work just like ...

First, the lubrication is kicked off when I press the cycle start. I can see it by pressing CTRL+I and viewing the output (in my case, output 1). Where can i find the piece of code that trigger the Lub when i cycle start?

I answered your question above, but I did not ask the obvious followup ...

"OUTPUT5", "OUTPUT7" and "OUTPUT8" and similar names are generic output functions that Centroid provides, for when you want to control something that is not otherwise supported by the PLC program. They are controlled with the M61-M68 and M81-M88 M functions.

Since you do not have any wires ...