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Hi Marty
That worked! I can now move motors thru cnc12 control panel.
Now it's time to get acquainted with navigating cnc12 .
I will convert my lathe next month.
Thank you for all the help! You are performing a great service for all us newbies!
Dave

Hi marty
I changed wizard to simple home. opened up cnc12 and when I hit cycle start nothing happened, it still showed not home, i then hit button to bypass limit switches and then cycle start and cnc12 set home ,but i still could not move motors and got a driver fault alarm (see screen shot) attached

Hi Marty

yes using DB25 to connect drivers see attached photos
again, i appreciate your help immensely
Dave

Hi Guys I have attached a copy of the report, for my centroid acorn build. I watched a lot of videos and did some research, however, I'm very much a rookie when it comes to building a cnc controller box and linking computer software. Im working on taking and uploading pictures within the next few da...

Thank you everyone! Im up and running, already benchtested my motors and saved parameters! My problem was my cnc controller box was wired wrong. Power was brought in and connected to the 24 volt power suppy directly and then power was routed to the main (large) power supply, this caused both the ser...

Hi everyone I have DMM servo motors / drivers, i went thru bench testing motors and saved the perimeters, everything went good, motors worked great. I opened up cnc12 and because my motors are still on the bench i over rode limit switch on cnc12 control board and then set home position and then set ...

Hi everyone I followed the set up procedures for motor tuning (bench test) and everything worked great,, i saved the perimeters And opened up cnc12 software. I have no limit switches hooked up motors are still sitting on the bench, so i over rode the limit switches on cnc12 screen. I set home positi...

hi all
I'm trying to bench test my DMM servo motors, i open the install file and it shows not connected, when i try to connect and let computer and software find the com port ,it says com 1.
how do i know what com port that is and how do i turn it on?
any help would be appreciated

Hi Gary
Just wondering, where did you get the limit switches?
Do you have part numbers for the switches?
I would like to buy some of them
Nice neat conversion !
I m waiting on the same lathe to be delivered to me.