Brother TC-211

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mblaszkiewicz wrote: also any advice on how to post pics please. I tried

You posted links to an album page (.html) inside image tags. I changed them.

It looks like a 3.7kw drive and a 200W servo, which seems odd.

Looks like a Toshiba RAD01, and I haven't managed to find a manual on the internet (I found people asking for the manual for RAD02, but no replies).

I don't suppose the connectors are helpfully labelled?

I will be physically picking up the machine next week and it has a complete manual with all the schematics I have a friend that will be scanning them into PDF format

:woohoo: Machine is here. Still in the bed of the truck but here. The machine is fully functioning, but does not accept an rs-232 or g-code.
As far as I have read the machine servo motors are 70v +-10 volt direction.

Ok now some info from the manual
x-y-z power supply has the following connections

l1, l2 +dc, +dc, +dc, +t, -t, pb, -pc, -pc, -pc, e


the servo drivers are
r1?, r2?, bc?, (can barely read them) then u,v,w,e,


The servo motors have the following designations

x,y,z servo motors
Connector a

amp pin no resolver signal name hondo pin no driver pin no

1 plug

2 plug

3 R1 3 CN8-3

4 R2 4 CN8-4

5 R3 5 CN8-5

6 S1 6 CN8-6

7 S4 7 CN8-7

8 S2 8 CN8-8

Connector b


amp pin color code pin name

1 red U

2 white V

3 black W

4 green E


Spindle motor

connector a same as above

motor leads

color code pin name comments

red us 2y-4

white vs 2y-4

black ws 2y-4

green e r2-4


krickson leads


color code pin name comments

red ch pc4009m

red ch pc4009m


So the big question. Can I use these drives and servos and if I can what do I need for cards controllers etc. and any help would be greatly appericiated. I will work on getting the tech pages scanned asap.

Also any one in the north east (CT) i would be interested in hiring some pro help. As long as I get to keep both arms and legs

mblaszkiewicz wrote: So the big question. Can I use these drives and servos and if I can what do I need for cards controllers etc.

You probably can keep the servos and drives, and it will almost certainly be easiest to do so.

U V W are the three motor power phases, with E being earth/gnd

It sounds like the servos have resolvers, but I am a bit puzzled by the R1 R2 R3 S1 S4 S2 designation.

Is this a bare machine with no controller? It sounds like you only have power, servo motors and servo drives. (Which is probably ideal for a LinuxCNC conversion).

Is there any chance you can produce a diagram of how things are hooked together now, paying special attention to anything unconnected that looks to be where a controller would go.

There is one on YouTube converted to Mach3 which is a sign that it is probably a fairly simple conversion.