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The entire system can run off 220v. Acorn power supply, PC, VFD, etc. Anytime you have more than one power supply tie the negative outputs (common) together. Running everything on 220 makes wiring much easier and saves energy. :D This is the only option for me in Germany 🤣 Uwe Yes Uwe, I'm jealous ...

The entire system can run off 220v. Acorn power supply, PC, VFD, etc. Anytime you have more than one power supply tie the negative outputs (common) together. Running everything on 220 makes wiring much easier and saves energy.

Thank you, when he gets the machine powered up I'll check the drive firmware against the table in the manual that you referenced.

I did a search on the forum for Rexroth drives and one member started a topic about wiring them to an Oak controller. He never followed up his posts with any results. I have a possible retrofit of a Weeke BHP200 5X12 CNC router with two Rexroth IndraDrive M servo drives on the X and Z axis and a Rex...

If you have the ProTuner software and the RS-232 cable you can manually tune the drive for better performance. The procedure is in the manual.

The easiest method in my opinion for setting Z reference is to set it the same as Z home. Assuming you have home switches AND a repeatable home position. This way every time you home the machine it sets Z reference to that position. Set parameter 3 to 2 for this. I don’t know if this is the preferre...

You can set Z0 to the top of your material or the top of your spoilboard. It works either way but you have to set it the same in both Vcarve as well as the machine when you setup your WCS zero references for x, y and z axis.

When you have set your WCS as Shawn has described above, load the job and Graph it instead of running it. This will quickly show if your toolpath is correct in relation to X and Y but if not, where your error is. This is probably the best advice you can get. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS press F8 to GRAPH...

Set the step rate to 100,000, you have it set to 200,000. And as Ken mentioned, don’t use the estop unless it’s an EMERGENCY. That’s really the last button you ever want to press. I can’t remember ever using mine except when I installed it and checked it worked.

You have to set work coordinate zero (as you call it "home for the part") in the exact same spot that you have the XY datum position set in Vcarve. If you have the XY datum in Vcarve set in the center of your design then you need to set your part zero in the same place on the material. Mak...