Older TMate conversion to Mach3 utilizing original Microkinetics electronics
It took me a while to learn the in's and out's of step and direction signals as well as figuring out just how the old Microkinetics OptiStep Plus 8 bit ISA card worked (DOS Based), but I am pleased to say, I did it. I now have Mach3 software controlling my Torchmate I using the Microkinetics SuperDrive Multi-Axis Power Driver. The key was changing where the DM4050 stepper motor driver cards received their 5 volt reference signal. In the next day or so I will add a couple of pictures along with a detailed description of what I changed to make it all work together.
Re: Older TMate conversion to Mach3 utilizing original Microkinetics electronics
This is the exact same setup my boss picked up for a homemade table. So far, I've been less than impressed. In addition to this system, there appears to be a PLC to really muddle things up with tons of cables in a mishmash soup of "this works just fine" mentality. /sigh
To those that are confused, just take a look at the wiring diagrams for the pinouts; they should give you the information that you're looking for. Once I break in to the circuits for this, I'll have a better answer for you, but atm, I'm way behind and won't have an opportunity for several weeks to dig in to this issue. Looking at how things are wired, though, it doesn't seem difficult to fix the issues, it's just figuring out what the issues are.
Additionally, I've steered away from using MultiCAM which I found to create clunky g-code. Instead, I've been using SheetCAM and a custom Post Processor I'm building from the other ones. I've found, if you need the information, that MillMaster seems to operate similarly to Amada or BOSS4/5 which both use Fanuc as a parent language. It'll need to be edited still, but it'll getcha 80% or so.
Cheers!
~Evo.