Light Machine Corp. Benchman XTr (retrofit)

Some pictures of the electronics might help.
Seems weird to have CANBUS and parallel on the same machine ...

Great Question, Tommylight. Thanks for the reply. I thought the same until I found out that I/O Canbus Modules were an option for the machine. Now that being said, is that Module just an insulated I/O breakout board? I'm not sure, and I have spent hours and hours or searching for anything intelitek related about the matter, but came up fruitless. I called Intelitek, but they do not support this machine anymore nor do they give wiring diagrams. There is someone there that I can speak with, but $350 ish CAD per hour for an hour or two is a little steep. I'd rather not go down that road here in 2020 if possible.
What I do know is this:

- The parallel is the only open port on the board besides the canbus port (which I'm assuming is to program the board). The serial port is for a 4th axis.
- Intelitek told me the machine is capable of I/O inputs and outputs.
- None of the other Intelitek mills from the time say anything in their manuals.
- The spec sheet lists "Canbus I/O Modules" as an option for the machine.
- The Interface from the mill board to the CPU is a 100 pin cable

What I don't know is:
- How to even start testing the parallel port without some sort of diagram. Without damaging anything.
- If intelitek requires additional software to run an I/O board within the software. These were build modularly, but within my software, I don't even have options to install an air vise, bigger ATC, automatic door opener, etc. that were all options with this machine.

If I had answers to these two questions, I could at least make a bit of progress. Here is a photo of the port/board. Thanks

justbyfaith,

That is not a parallel port, it is the interface to the rotary 4th axis.
The can bus is connected via J10 on the motherboard.

I have attached the block diagram for your machine.
I have the schematic of your motherboard, but it is not in .pdf format.
It will take me a bit to convert it.

But this should get you started.

Let me know if you have specific questions.

On my 1999 VMC 4000 the spindle drive quit working today There is a fault light on the board. Is there a troubleshooting flow chart for this machine? The control thinks the spindle is running but it's not.

My experience with the 4000 machines is pretty limited. If you can tell me the make and model of your spindle drive, I may be able to point you in the right direction. There is no troubleshooting flow-chart for this machine that I am aware of.

x-Intelitek Engineer wrote: My experience with the 4000 machines is pretty limited.

LOL,