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As the subject says.. got my DMM DYN4 servo conversion powered up tonight for some testing. Things were going pretty well. I tuned the X and Z axis servos. I disconnect the Y2 (slave to Y in Acorn) servo power while I tuned Y axis servo. It started to whip the gantry a bit more than my comfort level...

I completely underestimated the amount of time this wiring would take. Both panels are now back in the cabinet. The original cabinet is working out well. All of the power and spindle drive are on one side, controls and servo drives on the other. I left long leads for the interconnects and did it all...

Bill, I converted my CNC router to Acorn almost a year ago. It made the machine reliable and useable compared to the nightmares I had with Mach3. Now, I am installing DMM servos motors. Feel free to ask questions. There are lots of people here happy to help!

I bought a new board a week ago. Doesn't have any of these improvements.

Tom - I wish I would have known. I searched around online for a few hours and called every distributor within a hundred miles of me trying to find something.

Platt said I have to buy the whole 50' coil.

One of the things that is really annoying with the Chinese manufactured machines is the marked lack of craftsmanship. The umbilical between the control cabinet and the cable track is a fine example. It's low quality and doesn't want to stay together. It's a 2" version of the convoluted tubing f...

New proximity switches and motors are mounted and wired up. A little bit of work to finish lacing the cables back to the control cabinet in the morning. Then I can get to the control cabinet layout and wiring.

How I left it today.

Which input do you have assigned to DriveFault? Do an Alt-I and see your input status to see if it reveals anything.

You can get the connectors from DMM. I asked for some when I ordered my motors and drives. You can de-pin the connector to feed it through the liquitite conduit and put the pins back in the housing once it's through.