Maho MH 300 C Retrofit...?

J Green wrote: Hi
Glad to see you are still here on the Linux CNC forum .
I am interested in what scales your MH300C machine has. Are they Philips or are they Heidenhain scales ?
I am also interested in what servo drives and what spindle drive your machine has.

Do you have a parts manual and the electrical schematics for your MH300C ?

Would it be possible to get photos of your MH300C showing ---- inside the electrical cabinet --- the servo and the spindle drives ----the Z axis scale label / manufacture label and also the transmission shifting motors located on the side of the Z axis ?
My reason for those photos is they can show a lot of information very quickly and exactly what is what.
Bob

Here in Portugal are you located? I am located near Faro, come to see my machines and you will, at once know what you can do or not, what hardware do you need ...

When I started, one of the things that I was looking for was to see someone with a working machine. I think I posted here in the forum this request and someone from Germany said that it was able to show his machine. I did not went, I started with someone else in the company, but I am sure that if I saw something working the task would be easier.

Eu não tenho duvidas que funciona. As duvidas que eu tenho é se eu sou capaz de fazer o retrofiting usando a Mesa 7i77,... fazer todas aquelas programações e ligações...
Eu estou longe. Marinha Grande.

I have no doubt that it works. The doubts I have is if I am able to do the retrofiting using the 7i77 Table, ... make all those schedules and atachments ...

If I understand correctly, to do the retrofiting using Linux I will need:
-Mesa 7i77
-Mesa 5i25
-PC Desktop + keyboard + monitor
- Linux operating system
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-Mesa 5i25 is for installing on the Desktop
-Mesa 7i77 is to be installed/atachment in the machine
-Mesa 5i25 communicates with the 7i77 via a cable
-Programming / command of the machine follows the following path:

-Desktop (Linux) - 5i25 - 7i77 - Drives - Machining

Is that how I described it?
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Is there any way, ... or is it possible to install linux on my desktop to know the interface without harming the current operating system?

Fermaq wrote: Is there any way, ... or is it possible to install linux on my desktop to know the interface without harming the current operating system?

Yes it is, just download one of the images, wheezy or stretch, copy it to a USB memory stick and boot from it then choose LIVE and you can test as much as you like. It will not do anything to the HDD so you can just unplug the usb and use the computer as usual.

Correct. You probably will also need a 7i84 generally used for the IO of the control panel, if you have a lot of buttons.

From you to us is about 5 hours driving. This would save you a lot of time in the future as you can see a running machine with the exact hardware that you are proposing.