Bostomatic 400-2 Retrofit

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5 years 2 weeks ago #223022 by nduerr
Replied by nduerr on topic Bostomatic 400-2 Retrofit
The options are getting sifted down!
PCW what are your thoughts on this config, similar to option 3 above?
1 7I80HD
1 7I48 Axis servo control w/ encoders
1 7I33 Spindle control
1 7I44 (8channel ethernet SSerial interface)
1 7I73 (front panel interface, SSerial)
1 7I90HD (OPTO22 interface, SSerial)

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5 years 2 weeks ago #223028 by PCW
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I t should work but lacks some advantages
(analog out isolation, simpler cabling)
and is more expensive than my suggestion

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5 years 2 weeks ago #223452 by JR1050
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I usually use a 7i84 for the operator controls, I think I used it because it has screw terminal blocks . have had issues trying to use analog pots for things like feed over ride, since you can’t exactly get the analog to digital conversion perfect, it eats up a ton of real-time cpu and lcnc doesn’t seem to function properly, that was the explanation that I had read in another thread. What is the pc control that you are removing?

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5 years 1 week ago #223562 by nduerr
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It was converted to MDSI OpenCNC (now Hurco) in the early 2000's. Both Bostomatic and the Integrator are out of business so no help there.
As far as I can tell with what testing I can do, the A to D board is working but the encoder board is not working, and they are so old that I cant find any used replacements. When I turn it on, all the axes run to their limits... so conversion it is!

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5 years 1 week ago #223568 by JR1050
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I would like to buy the mdsi stuff you have , are you willing to part with it? Do you have the original disks?

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5 years 1 week ago #223578 by nduerr
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Let me look. I think the disk had water damage when I got it. Are you looking for the boards also?

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