Novakon Mill Conversion - Getting Started

Assuming the C11 breakout does all machine I/O there should be no other
hardware changes needed other than swapping the parallel port with the 6I25.

 

Whizbang wrote:

I also uploaded the mach.xml file, not sure if it is it of any benefit to understand how many IO I need or if I have enough IO?

 

Yes, it's useful.

Have a look in the file and you can set up a spreadsheet to make it easier to read.

In the xml file you'll see a list of components, and each line has "something...port-N" or similar.  following line has "something...pin-N".

Any line/component where the port/pin number isn't 0 is something that actually exists.  Anything where the port/pin is 0 is a placeholder for Mach3.

So the following lines:
Tell you that Motor 0 (probably X-axis) has the step pin on port 1, pin 2, and the direction pin on port 1, pin 3.

That info is also available just by looking at the C11 and tracing wires back to the Geckos and limit switches and so forth.

Note that port numbering might not be the same, it was way to long, but i think mach3 numbers porst from 1 while Linux numbers them from 0.

tommylight wrote:

tommylight post=294057 userid=17274

Note that port numbering might not be the same, it was way to long, but i think mach3 numbers porst from 1 while Linux numbers them from 0.

good point Tommy.  What the xml decoding should do is tell the OP what's connected to the C1, not the port/pin name in LCNC.

 

I may be over thinking things, but I reviewed an old CNC zone where there was debate about which config file to use based on rev of C11 board. I downloaded the zipped software file from the MESA website. I have the C11G rev 8.2, do I use c11g bitfile/pinfile? or c11gx2? something else?

If you have a C11G you should use the C11Gx2 firmware

The difference between the C11 and C11G is that the C11 uses a frequency
to set the spindle analog output voltage while the C11G uses PWM duty cycle.