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Re: Acorn controller card question
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 9:12 pm
by martyscncgarage
noel-nogal wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 8:31 pm
Actually we paid one hour tech support to centroid friday but it was late in and could not get contact with them, hope monday we be able to contact someone from centroid.
Where i can get in contact with Marc Leonard? Just in case i need to, the only thing i need to get this job done is the automatic tool changer but yes plc it is for someone else.
Thanks
Monday is Memorial Day. They are Closed.
cncsnw is a member of these forums and knows the control very well, but you have to be very clear how the ATC works and all it's sensors.
Re: Acorn controller card question
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:41 pm
by noel-nogal
Mr. Marty
i have almost everything working on my machine, i just have a question about turinig on and off outputs with Mcodes, some of them doesn't respond when type on the MDI, example: M61 to activate the output 1 of the ether 1616, is there any parameter or somenthing that i have to edit, to ctivate that outputs?
Re: Acorn controller card question
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:27 pm
by martyscncgarage
How are you going to turn it off?
Keep in mind that Ether1616 Output 1 is controlled as CNC 12 Output 33
https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... _guide.pdf
Re: Acorn controller card question
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:13 pm
by noel-nogal
Can i use acorncnc to retrofit a plasma cnc machine? I know i will need a separated THC
Re: Acorn controller card question
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 4:21 pm
by martyscncgarage
noel-nogal wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:13 pm
Can i use acorncnc to retrofit a plasma cnc machine? I know i will need a separated THC
Centroid is working on a THC
Yes, you could install Acorn and run a CNC Plasma table. But you would need a THC that will take step and direction signals from Z
Re: Acorn controller card question
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:32 pm
by noel-nogal
good morning Mr. Marty
today i started cnc12 and pressed the home reset button, the z axis moved to find the home sw. but the rest of the axis does not move and the windows message say ,457 unable to find home, i have no idea what happened, it was homing ok.
this is the report
Re: Acorn controller card question
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:49 pm
by martyscncgarage
Open your diagnostic screen, alt i to toggle it on and off, check your switches by pressing each one manually and watching their inputs.
Inputs are top row far left, starting with Input 1
Re: Acorn controller card question
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:03 pm
by noel-nogal
incputs are working ok the green liight switch to red.
the z axis moves find the sw and retrn tto its position, the x axis is the next that should move but it doesn't,
Re: Acorn controller card question
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:10 pm
by martyscncgarage
noel-nogal wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:03 pm
incputs are working ok the green liight switch to red.
the z axis moves find the sw and retrn tto its position, the x axis is the next that should move but it doesn't,
Shut down Control AND PC
Start PC
Start Control
Start CNC12
DO NOT HOME
Can you jog each axis with the VCP?
Re: Acorn controller card question
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:43 pm
by noel-nogal
it is fixed now, what i did, on the wizard in homing and traveli changed the automatic homing sequence, and it works i have no idea why that haappen, also the readoouts shows zeros on Z axis when it should show 8.55 on this machine