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by dbensavage
Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:22 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Southbend Magnaturn 612 Acorn retrofit DMM Servos
Replies: 46
Views: 15376

Re: no output signal in software - Southbend Magnaturn 612 Acorn retrofit

Gary, I tried setting input 5 to unused and NC and it WORKED !! Now onto mounting the Motors :D
by dbensavage
Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:55 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Southbend Magnaturn 612 Acorn retrofit DMM Servos
Replies: 46
Views: 15376

Re: no output signal in software - Southbend Magnaturn 612 Acorn retrofit

Gary, Its not an issue with the DMM motors, I wired them up and the axis motors run fine. Its the output relay signal in the software. For instance when you turn off auto spindle and click spindle start, output 4 should turn green but I get nothing. I loaded CNC 12 on my laptop this morning and got ...
by dbensavage
Thu Apr 11, 2019 5:15 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Southbend Magnaturn 612 Acorn retrofit DMM Servos
Replies: 46
Views: 15376

Re: Southbend Magnaturn 612 Acorn retrofit

no spindle brake. I can manually turn on the relays using the diagnostic screen and the spindle runs fine, but the software won't trigger ANY outputs including spindle Fwd, spindle Rev, coolant, etc...
by dbensavage
Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:22 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Southbend Magnaturn 612 Acorn retrofit DMM Servos
Replies: 46
Views: 15376

Re: Southbend Magnaturn 612 Acorn retrofit

in the attached pictures I have the spindle on at 100 percent and none of the spindle outputs are green. Hope this helps. It seems like the software is not sending any output signals on the outputs for the relay board.
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by dbensavage
Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:38 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Southbend Magnaturn 612 Acorn retrofit DMM Servos
Replies: 46
Views: 15376

Southbend Magnaturn 612 Acorn retrofit DMM Servos

I'm retrofitting a Southbend Magnaturn 612 with the acorn board and DYN2 AC Servos. All has gone fairly well so far. I have it to the point where the axis motors work and just wired up the spindle. The spindle is the first thing I've hooked up to the relay board. I did the diagnostic bench test on t...
by dbensavage
Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:54 pm
Forum: Success Stories
Topic: Fadal VMC15XT
Replies: 7
Views: 14320

Re: Fadal VMC15XT

Thank you ! That would be Great !
by dbensavage
Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:08 pm
Forum: Success Stories
Topic: Fadal VMC15XT
Replies: 7
Views: 14320

Re: Fadal VMC15XT

Its partial touch screen and partial keybord and jog panel right now. I am working on getting more of the original jog panel hooked up right now. It would be nice if the centroid on screen jog panel could be dragged down below the dro and worked with the touchscreen.
by dbensavage
Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:46 pm
Forum: Success Stories
Topic: Fadal VMC15XT
Replies: 7
Views: 14320

Re: Fadal VMC15XT

Here is a youtube video of it drilling a hole then thread milling it to accept a 3/8 - 16 bolt. This was my first test on the machine.

by dbensavage
Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:07 pm
Forum: Success Stories
Topic: Fadal VMC15XT
Replies: 7
Views: 14320

Fadal VMC15XT

Here are some pictures of my Fadal retrofit project.