Brother TC-225 / TC-229 adventure!

drives in hand. serial connector ups tracking says they left it at the front door... of a large condo complex. wtf is wrong with these people? hopefully its not gone missing by the time i get back.

ok, so i cant communicate with the drives via the pc app. i suspect its the usb to serial adapter. ive checked and rechecked my cable and it seems fine. going to try a computer with built in serial.

on the bright side, the drives power up, read the encoder, lock up the motor, and "try" to spin the motor. so, its just going to be a matter of getting compatible settings and tuning.

I did a TC-211 a while ago. I can't wait until you get to the tool changer. It's the one piece I haven't got nailed down yet. During you wiring or re wiring if you could kinda point out where the encoder and power leads end up in the back of the cabinets I would appreciate it. Thanks

hi, the 229 and 225 are slightly different, but the 225 has a "reversable motor controller with brake" which is a glorified relay with resistors to allow the motor to stop quickly. track 5 on the encoder is the "deceleration" track, which you would monitor for a state change and then hit the brake. you only have about 1/4 turn (after the gearing) to stop before the carousel starts to move to the next tool. the relay itself, im not sure if its 110v or direct 24v control. it may be 110v, with a 24v relay on the relay board controlling the 110v (seems redundant, but theres a few things in the machines like that).

i have not touched that part yet, cause my tc225 works "as is" and im keeping it like that for a little while. my 229 im still trying to get the servos going, which lately ive had no time to work on the last week.

I'm just looking for where the wires hook up in the back for now. I haven't been able to trace them. I basically have my machine in original conditioni just added new jumpers to the existing wiring to get it to work in g code.. where are you located btw. If in ct

im in canada. i will upload a photo with an arrow pointing to the atc motor controller, though its hard to say if it will be identical to yours. actually, if you showed me a photo of your cabinet, i might be able to pick it out.