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the latest CNC12 v5.1 has Intel NIC related ethernet software improvements that should eliminate having to go to half duplex with Intel NIC's that have this issue. from the release notes. 56. Improved Ethernet Communications from the PC to the BBG on Acorn which should eliminate having to go to the...

I have 90:1 on my mill with 4000 Steps, works very well.

You can fit a harmonic drive on the stepper for high reduction without backlash.

Uwe

Rhino ist very good to work with point clouds.

Uwe

Do not use Odd Numbers as a result for reduction rates, this will end up in rounding errors.

Rotary Axes are working in degrees, so take care that the step resolution can drive to 0.01 or 0.001 degree whatever precision you want to achieve.

Uwe

Acorn spindle is 0-10V Acorn 6 -10/+10V or -5 / +5V

So with Acorn you need one Output to change direction, with Acorn 6 not.

But in both cases, you need a servo with speed mode and analogue input. There are lots of on the market with these features.

Uwe

Beautiful work as usual, Uwe. Soldering all the resistors is the price to pay for the versatility of those open collector outputs. I do agree on how nice it is to work with cartridge style soldering irons. I recently got one for home and it is really nice how quickly it reaches temperature. That wa...

In this case it looks like Acorn6 is handling the encoder input if a scale is setup for an axis differently opposed to a rotary encoder for the spindle.

It would be nice if someone from Centroid could check this out.

Uwe

Nice workaround, but the problem that #25102 is always -1 is not solved.

On my lathe #25108 is working fine with the Index from the spindle encoder.

Since you also have a working encoder now, can you test if #25108 is set to a value other than -1 after one turn of the spindle?

Uwe

If this stops communication errors, digitizing will run smoothly,

Uwe

I am ready with connecting the Hardware, will test the functions if the USB extension arrives next week.

Was quite a bit soldering to add a resistor to the LEDs.

By the way TS101 soldering Pen with a 100W Powerbank is perfect for soldering CNC stuff.

Uwe