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There are a couple of sticky threads under the Ethercat section that should get you going.

What CPU does your mini pc have? It will probably work fine.

Awesome work, This is the first XPR machine running under Linuxcnc I know of. Great you cracked the Ethercat settings

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Good job!

You might want to check what Joco and Rod did with holes to get your own ”true hole” stuff in the cnc.

This is incorporated into Monokrom plasma which is a qtpyvcp variant of QTplasmac. I'll see if I can find Joco's latest git for you
In the meantime, this video of mine explains the process which is based on info shared with me by a guy who worked in the Hidef manufacturing industry

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Do you have other contact info, or a web site?
Data sheets, user/installation manual, company info?

Good job!

You might want to check what Joco and Rod did with holes to get your own ”true hole” stuff in the cnc.

For sales electrospindles for bt30/iso30/nbt30 holders with automatic tool change, water cooling and threading/positioning encoder.
The electrospindle is intended for milling machines, plotters, etc.
Power 1.5kW, 50Hz, 1500rpm, max speed 12000rpm 400hz, min speed of work 100rpm, min speed for orient 20rpm.
It is equipped with;
-Bearings front 2x7009, rear 2x7007 both P4 ABEC7
-Blowout of the spindle cone when changing the holder
-Water cooling with the option of connecting from the front or top
-Three sensors - the holder is attached, the holder is missing and the holder is pressed out
-Contactless front labyrinth seal
-Encoder for positioning/tapping
The force holding the cone is about 3500kN, and a pressure of about 7bar is needed to loosen it.
The project includes two versions, long and short.
The long version is intended for umbrella magazines, where the height of the holder and the height of the magazine and its closure must fit when changing the tool.
The short version is intended for rack magazines used, for example, in plotters.
There are also versions with or without driving bt30 stones on the front.
Encoder resolution maybe chose on order from 512ppr to 3278ppr interpolation factor 1-2-4-8-16-20-25-32-64
Electrospindle easy thread steel with M10 tap, max spindle torque is 12Nm.
Long model price is 3000Euro.
Short model price is 2800Euro.
Plus shipping from Poland.
More info in a private message..



 

 

Ok I'll read up some more... And have a look through my box of old laptops and PC's. I think I have two old laptops and a 3 year old mini pc. I also have an old htpc that I used back in the day to pirate mmm borrow movies lol.

Appreciate the help guys 

Oh one last question.
What do you mean by useless? Are we talking about the timing? Or issues running Linux?

Ah, I hadn't realised that was an option.
Thanks

Another option for reading 5V signals is spare 7I77 encoder input pins
These have the advantage of being better protected than 7I73 inputs
(to +-25V intermittant)

Got it working!!!

Attached working xml for Hypertherm XPR