Wiring THC A-D 300 to plasma cnc interface.

Hello ) Finally I gonna connect my thcad 300 to my plasma cutter (EX-TRAFIRE 55 sd) and MESA 7i96. Next step is installing PlasmaC and burn. 
I've found that my plasma cutter is pretty close to HYPERTHERM (I mean CNC interface connector). Moreover I found LOWRIDER2 scheme in Internet how connect THCAD. I draw my variant of wiring scheme and will be thankful if you, guys, have a look at my scheme and check that. 
 

Tommy is right. Unfortunately, the THCAD-300 is designed for raw arc voltage. Maybe your cutter has another output for raw arc voltage.
But if it does,  you may still be in trouble if it includes resistors in the circuit as they will confuse the THCAD300 and alter its scaling. Check the resistance with a multimeter.

Thanks for your messages! My plasma cutter is under guarantee. I have possibility to change thcad from 300 to 10. I will order new one THCAD -10 today.
What would you say about other wiring: relay, mesa 7i96 and so on?

ML wrote:

Thanks for your messages! My plasma cutter is under guarantee. I have possibility to change thcad from 300 to 10. I will order new one THCAD -10 today.
What would you say about other wiring: relay, mesa 7i96 and so on?

I would get rid of the relay board and just use the 7i96 built in relay and replace the 12 v supply with 24v.
The purpose of using an industrial board like the 7i96 is to use a higher voltage (eg 24v) which means its much less susceptible to electrical noise and this is important for plasma.

The 7i96 has 2 amp relays built in so using them will reduce failure points and result in a higher MTBF. The lowrider diagram is far from best practice. Just because it looks pretty, people think its the gold standard and its not. Use at least 48v (60-70v is better) on your motors.

Thank you for your advice, Rod! I am using motor 86EBP111ALC-TKA and I already bought 36 VDC Power Supply. I have no space in electricity box to use additional power supply for 24 Volts that could be used for Plasma CNC Interface. Moreover it needs 12 VDC (3 and 4 pins on Plasma CNC interface) and dry contact (as I understand Dry contact means wiring NOT trough FPGA card). That is why I gonna use relay.
My plasma has as I understand pnevmo arc start, NOT high frequency, hope it reduce noise . 

A Meanwell MDR-60-24 is probably smaller than your existing 12 volt power supply if the pictures are to go by.
I would be very surprised if your plasma cutter could not handle 24 volts through its ArcOK relay. Most handle far more than that.
Dry contact means there is no electrical connection between the relay contactors and the plasma side.
When the plasma cutter gets a good arc, it closes the relay and current flows from  field power, through the relay and to an input.
Expected use is to connect  field power to one of the arcOK pins and the other pin should be connected directly to an input.
I like the Mesa commx2 for field power connections.

Have you got a link to that motor and drive? It looks like its an AC drive in which case your 36V power supply is not required.

rodw wrote:

ML wrote:

The 7i96 has 2 amp relays built in so using them will reduce failure points and result in a higher MTBF. 



 

Since when does the 7i96 has built-in relays?