Retrofitting a 1986 Maho MH400E

The controller that I intend to put in has no way to communicate with the existing servodrives, it has no analog output. It has analog output only for spindle control. That is why I have to replace everything.

If you haven't bought it yet, then dont use that controller. It is a big job and a huge waste of time and money to rip out the driver and motors if they are working fine and were designed to match the inertia of the MAHO's axis. Just get a MESA 7i77 and you have the analog outputs needed. This is a LinuxCNC format, so the expectation is that you are planning a LinuxCNC retrofit. If not, then you would be better off starting a thread in the Newkye support forum.

RotarySMPT I agree, but I'm new here, I do not know how to do it. If there is moderation here I would ask if they could do this from a post of mine, for example. I did not want to disturb your sharing or your work with myself ...

I like all things MAHO, but when I went searching the internet for info on my ones problems, I found it frustrating to have to search for relavant information buried in threads about other machines. John's 600E seems very similar to my 400E from the control prespective, but I am sure there are other people with MAHO MH300C's confronted with similar problems to you, who would appreciate the good suggestions you received here, but who won't find it here as it is no buried so deep in this thread.

There is a button to start a "New Topic"...

Mark

Hi,

no seminar, break at the initial operation from an production line....
You can left the manual part disconnect, the MH700 had this buttons on the control Panel.

Hi Dominik,

How come these lines were commented out?
//pin in unsigned POSITION_COUNT;

//variable transm_pos pos[POSITION_COUNT];

//#define SWITCH_LEFT 0
//#define SWITCH_RIGHT 1
//#define SWITCH_CENTER 2

I was away on a business trip most of the week, but found a few minute to make a bracket to mount the control panel buttons connector.


Mark

Mesa states for the 7i84 that it can handle relays, but it doesn’t state the same for the contacts on the 7i77. They have the same current and voltage capability but it is not clear that 7i77 will handle the overvoltage during the switch of on the coils. Can the diodes on the Maho relay board protect the 7i77? Or the 7i84 (or some buffer solid state relay board) is the only way?
Nice work on the panel Mark, are you going to use 7i73 for the matrix on the panel?

How the boutons feel? They have clicking feel or the long travel feel of the original boutons on the maho panel? Do the plastic bind on the metal during the press or on the release?