I am a complete newbee to G-code, but am trying hard to wrap my mind around it. Recently installed an E1616 expansion board on my Acorn driven CNC router table and got it to work. Intention was to accessorize the machine with dust collection, vacuum hold down, mist, spindle cooling pump and ATC control. Spent quite some time reading the manual and getting familiar with G-code and special G and M functions, but having trouble to configure centroid post processor to turn On and Off desired outputs of my Acorn. For example: Spindle Cooling/Spindle Cooling Fan output suppose to turn ON with the spindle, but it's not happening. I was able to trigger a mist pneumatic valve from MDI and other custom outputs such as M94/95 but have nearly zero idea how to configure centroid post processor. Can anyone point me in right direction, please?
Integrating commands into G-code to trigger custom ports
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Arthur
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Integrating commands into G-code to trigger custom ports
Hello all,
I am a complete newbee to G-code, but am trying hard to wrap my mind around it. Recently installed an E1616 expansion board on my Acorn driven CNC router table and got it to work. Intention was to accessorize the machine with dust collection, vacuum hold down, mist, spindle cooling pump and ATC control. Spent quite some time reading the manual and getting familiar with G-code and special G and M functions, but having trouble to configure centroid post processor to turn On and Off desired outputs of my Acorn. For example: Spindle Cooling/Spindle Cooling Fan output suppose to turn ON with the spindle, but it's not happening. I was able to trigger a mist pneumatic valve from MDI and other custom outputs such as M94/95 but have nearly zero idea how to configure centroid post processor. Can anyone point me in right direction, please?
I am a complete newbee to G-code, but am trying hard to wrap my mind around it. Recently installed an E1616 expansion board on my Acorn driven CNC router table and got it to work. Intention was to accessorize the machine with dust collection, vacuum hold down, mist, spindle cooling pump and ATC control. Spent quite some time reading the manual and getting familiar with G-code and special G and M functions, but having trouble to configure centroid post processor to turn On and Off desired outputs of my Acorn. For example: Spindle Cooling/Spindle Cooling Fan output suppose to turn ON with the spindle, but it's not happening. I was able to trigger a mist pneumatic valve from MDI and other custom outputs such as M94/95 but have nearly zero idea how to configure centroid post processor. Can anyone point me in right direction, please?
Last edited by Arthur on Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Sword
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Re: Incorporating command into G-code
You didn't mention what software you are using that you need to configure the post processor for use with CNC12. Vectric products, Fusion360, etc.?
Scott