Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

I also just noticed you are using and old version. There's no need to "nuke" it. Just print your wizard pages when in the wizard, CTRL-P for your backup, rename or delete the current cncm directory and reinstall the newest version. If you have time to kill then sure, nuke it, but it's a wa...

There's no bug. The software is designed to only allow 1X movement when it thinks the probe is tripped. Did you invert any of your inputs by mistake? Go into the Alt-i screen and look for a line over the inputs you have set up for the probe. This is outlined in the Acorn Probe Setup manual. Do you h...

Yup, you'll just have to tweak the profile settings for your plasma cutter. I've even tweaked the profile settings and I'm using a Hypertherm plasma. No two machines will cut the same so it's trial and error as you go. Once you get it dialed in it'll be smooth sailing. Watching it cut up hill is coo...

Hi Mike, that's great, the last error I see in your latest report was on the 29th so it appears you corrected all the issues. I just disable defender, I dont know if you can delete it but I've never tried. My CNC PC is NOT connected to the internet so I dont worry about updates turning it on or off ...

I also noticed that in all the pics there's no encoder cable connected. You cant run this drive to an open loop stepper motor. Post a link or data sheet for the motors? Were they matched to the drive and bought as a pair, motor and driver? And as Ken pointed out the drive is wired wrong. Maybe you s...

Joey has a good point, you really cant go by book numbers for Hypertherm if you're not using a Hypertherm. Do a bunch of test cuts on some flat material at various feed rates with THC off and record the voltages for the good, clean cuts and average those numbers and set that as the target voltage. A...

Looking at his cabinet photos the grounds are all over the place and many dont appear to be connected together. They must all come to a single bus bar that is earth grounded.

Hi Mike, First things first, your error report is littered with COM errors and MPU resends. It's been this way since you first fired this machine up back in November of 2023. You MUST fix this issue first before you can go any further. Please see TB270 and TB309 https://www.centroidcnc.com/dealersup...

Hi John here. I have a similar question. I have a plasma wireless mpg from centroid. I want to wire cross hair laser, do I connect it to one of the relays , then assign it to laser function in the software? thank you. Hello John, unfortunately your question is not a similar question and the forum a...

It is a crazy, robust machine and it's capable of insane rapid speeds with the Clearpath motors and Acorn controller. Paired with the Hypertherm it's been a workhorse of a plasma table. Good luck in your search.