Planning - Bridgeport Interact 1 linuxCNC Retrofit

cncnoob1979 wrote: My statement previously about the clockwise and counter clockwise - I was pointing out that the two jacks PIN numbers are different. The right (J2) starts from pin 1 in the 1:00 o'clock position then counts clockwise pin 1-12. However the left Jack (J1) starts at the 11:00 o'clock position and counts counter clockwise pin 1-12.

There is something slightly funny going on, actually.

www.heidenhain.de/de_EN/php/documentatio...w/file-0299/file.pdf

Shows the encoder cable with pins, and then the EXE outputs as pins.

You have sockets on both. The connector handed-ness switch in the PDF is probably explained by that.

I would suggest poking the pins in the holes without the shell to see what works before committing to pin insertion.

Andy,

I ordered the connectors and back shells with male pins. Now I just need to get some cable.

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I think that in practice from the factory with these boxes they use a male adapter. They but two females together and place a male adapter between the two. I saw a box that still had the pin adapter installed. IMO, but I could of course be wrong.

I'll have to figure out how many wires and proper shielding for these.

You seem very confident that you won't make a mess of any pins.

I'm sure I'll make mistakes

I plan on wiring each without the back shells (just pins to wire) then label each PIN number (1-12) then push them into the exe box.

See if it works (just one axis) if not, then I might need to replace my encoders! lol and I might have some exe boxes to sell to you

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cncnoob1979 wrote: I ordered the connectors and back shells with male pins. Now I just need to get some cable.

You can probably use CAT5 cable, it is rated to far higher frequencies than an encoder.

If you want to get more fancy then there are dedicated servo encoder cables.
edgecdn.lappgroup.com/fileadmin/document...lex/DB00277101EN.pdf

I have 30m of 0027131 (8th photo down, so you can see the construction)
bodgesoc.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/a-start-on-controller.html

I bought it from eBay, but I didn't spend this much!

In fact I paid 50 Euros...

I purchased two more exe boxes! 2 x 610C. [ plcproducts.com/sites/pl/files/manuals/h..._602_user_manual.pdf ] For 40$, listed as working, so hey great for me that they mislabeled the listing!
I now have 5 exe boxes incoming! (Ill need 4 total, 3 for axis, 1 for the hand-wheel)

Andy,

I will try a cat5 or cat6 cable from the exe's to Mesa hardware, besides they are short runs, but I'm not sure how to handle the shield pin. Wouldn't I need to use a shield pin for these? I might get lucky and find some suitable wiring with a internal shield that I can use. I also received my M25 connectors and I think my pins may be too small for the connector to the exe boxes. I bought 1mm sized pins, I may need to go to the next size.

And Mouser was awesome to work with! A definite order from again, they even placed a tech on the line to make sure I ordered exactly what I wanted and it only took two days to arrive, shipping was 8 bucks! An awesome company to work with.