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by Cahark
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:24 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Intercon Posting “@@“ In Drill Cycle
Replies: 9
Views: 5326

Re: Intercon Posting “@@“ In Drill Cycle

fix for this in v5.0 CNC12 in progress. thanks for reporting, guess not too many folks are using Intercon in 2 axis mode. :shock: Hi Keith, Just checking in. I haven’t been keeping an eye on release notes as well as I should, and I decided to wait to update until now. Has this fix been implemented?...
by Cahark
Tue Apr 25, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Intercon wish list.
Replies: 17
Views: 2632

Re: Intercon wish list.

hey guys, thanks for the suggestions, i am logging them. at some point in 2023 we hope to start a complete rewrite of Intercon, all your suggestions will be part of that project! so keep them coming. Kieth, Thanks for being open to input. My suggestion is the addition of Intercon stick lettering, o...
by Cahark
Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:54 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Intercon Posting “@@“ In Drill Cycle
Replies: 9
Views: 5326

Re: Intercon Posting “@@“ In Drill Cycle

fix for this in v5.0 CNC12 in progress. thanks for reporting, guess not too many folks are using Intercon in 2 axis mode. :shock: This is great news. Thank you for fixing it for V5. I’ve ran 2 and 3 axis Prototraks at work for years. They are great job shop machines. I wanted to create something si...
by Cahark
Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:31 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Intercon Posting “@@“ In Drill Cycle
Replies: 9
Views: 5326

Re: Intercon Posting “@@“ In Drill Cycle

please post a fresh report.zip and the offending intercon program, thanks, k Keith, Thanks for looking over my issue. Please see attached working program, non-working program, and report file. Also, I posted a screenshot of the error for reference. Thanks again, Chris 511 Missing Parameter Error.jpg
by Cahark
Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Intercon Posting “@@“ In Drill Cycle
Replies: 9
Views: 5326

Intercon Posting “@@“ In Drill Cycle

Good afternoon, I have a 2 axis knee mill converted to Acorn. X and Y are powered, but the Z is operated by hand through the quill similar to a Prototrak. The Z axis (quill) has a glass scale that provides feedback on the controller. When writing drill cycles in Intercon, the software outputs two “@...
by Cahark
Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:38 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: *** released 7-13-21 Acorn Installation Manual for comment ***
Replies: 22
Views: 13060

Re: *** released 7-13-21 Acorn Installation Manual for comment ***

I know that this has been released, but I recently had trouble setting up the DB9 port to be used with a glass scale on a manual Z axis quill of a knee mill. I see that the manual has info on using this port for a spindle encoder, but nothing on a manual scale. Maybe I missed it? If you’ve seen my r...
by Cahark
Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:26 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Glass Scale For Quill
Replies: 9
Views: 2066

Re: Glass Scale For Quill

I attempted to change 310, and 311 to “5” with no luck. Luckily, I do think I figured it out. From the main screen, I went to F1 setup F3 config Password 137 F2 Mach. F2 Motor In the motors parameters screen, instead of assigning the encoder to axis 3, I assigned it to axis 5. I still need to determ...
by Cahark
Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:02 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Glass Scale For Quill
Replies: 9
Views: 2066

Re: Glass Scale For Quill

I have the DB9 pinned as shown in the acorn manual on page 45.

I went to the PID screen and the scale is reading on the fifth line down. This looks like good news, but how do I get it to read on the third line down with the “@“ symbol?

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by Cahark
Tue Aug 10, 2021 6:11 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Glass Scale For Quill
Replies: 9
Views: 2066

Re: Glass Scale For Quill

Sorry Marty, I’m not fully understanding the question. I’m using the DB9 connection on the acorn board to connect my z-axis scale as a manual read out.

I have re-pinned the encoder to correspond with requirements of the centroid Acorn and pinout for the DB nine
by Cahark
Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:52 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Glass Scale For Quill
Replies: 9
Views: 2066

Re: Glass Scale For Quill

Thanks for the help everyone. I followed the technical bulletin that Marty provided. I feel that I’m on the right track, but I am not getting anything to display on the manual Z axis. It just remains at zero when you move the scale up and down. I did notice that the technical bulletin was not origin...