Acorn and Emcoturn 120 with 8-tools-turret

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Re: Acorn and Emcoturn 120 with 8-tools-turret

Post by Spartan117 »

suntravel wrote: Sat Jul 16, 2022 11:10 am PLC is sometimes a bitch for ones like us with only a shallow clue of how it works :mrgreen:
But its only some twisted logic, there must be a way to figure it out.
In this case I can not help you, because my turret is in the future....
YOU are the one with a clue, I am the one that doesn't have ANY clue :D
But as the ATC files are widely used and even kind of "centroid feature" I hope someone here can help me out.

Pity, that i couldn't get it to work as expected just by myself with that manual, maybe I have been a little bit wide-eyed regarding the ATC part... It sounded that easy when watching the YouTube videos :D
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Re: Acorn and Emcoturn 120 with 8-tools-turret

Post by suntravel »

After you figured out how it works, it is easy, as always :mrgreen:

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Re: Acorn and Emcoturn 120 with 8-tools-turret

Post by Upnorth »

Too bad it didn't work out. If you read the PLC it is actually not to hard to understand. Just keep in mind the PLC only executes the stuff it needs based on the user parameters. Maybe you can look in there and figure out what is not working.
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Re: Acorn and Emcoturn 120 with 8-tools-turret

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Hey guys,

with finishing the peripheral things of the Emco now step by step (keyboard-holder, All-in-one-PC-stand, mounting the emergency-stop at the right spot, cleaning up the control-cabin, replacing all of the air-wires and so on) the excuses for still not writing the concluding success-story are becoming less...^^

But i have some questions first:

Where should such a thread be posted? Here?
https://centroidcncforum.com/viewforum.php?f=57

Or, like some others did, here, and name is "New build: xxx"?
https://centroidcncforum.com/viewforum.php?f=60

And how detailed should it be? More a brief overview, or should i also dig a little bit deeper into some of the problems i have been confronted with at this build?

Thx, Marc
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Re: Acorn and Emcoturn 120 with 8-tools-turret

Post by chris1976 »

hi there i am just about to start wiring the turret on my emco 120, which wiring schematic did you follow when using the DB9 connector please?
thanks
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Re: Acorn and Emcoturn 120 with 8-tools-turret

Post by Spartan117 »

Sure!

I used the s15006.r1 diagram with only one output für driving the turret.
ACORN_rev4, 4 BIT GRAY CODE TURRET LATHE, SINGLE TURRET OUTPUT, STANDARD CONNECTIONS


But what db9-connector? The turret connects the the inputs on H4, and the relay to the outputs on the relay-board?
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