SMC5-5-N-N Chinese controller - anyone have experience with it?

I just picked up one of these controllers, and as per usual the Chinglish manual is nearly useless. Seems like a decent controller, but from all my searching I'm starting to feel like the userbase is extremely thin. I've got it hooked up to my x-carve and it's functioning, with the exception of home functionality, and proper functioning of the limit switches. The limit switches work, but forces a reset and you have to manually back the machine off the switch. Wondering if this is normal for this controller. My previous DDCSV2.1 controller didn't do this.

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Why did you change from the ddcsv?

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As it turns out, I didn't change from it. I picked up the SMC5 controller to have expanded functionality and larger screen, but it wasn't really necessary. I ended up getting a new DDCS v3.1 controller instead.

Some information now about SMC5-5-n-n gathered from google.
To update firmware, type SZMAP0 at the 'Factory' key prompt, not sure if the last character was a letter or digit.
To roll back to factory settings type 000001 all are digits.
To edit the firmwares visual interface, lolette refers to a software for windows named OP20.
I think its only a screen editor and an understanding of coding will be required to bridge the link for the on screen buttons.
There are complaints on youtube about probing not being available and limits requiring reset, most industrial machines i used to work with were much the same so they must be comparing to the advanced state of firmware development with the ddscv, which is limited to 4 axis.
A Thailand supplier is now bundling an encoder wheel pendant and a 12v power supply for price of the original ebay offering, so the price is finally moving a bit lower.

According to this thread there exist an input pulse for a 6th axis! Somewhere inside this thing a number 6 can be unlocked!
https://www.fastercnc.com/2019/05/08/smc5-5-n-n-how-to-connect-mpg/

Edit: i think they ceased production now of smc5.

Ok, update, this thing has tool probe and setting probe features, 5 axis interpolation smoothing, 500khz per axis.

https://youtu.be/NBaUlAcllD4

Hi to all!
I'm new here and would like to have some help from you please.
I have installed the SMC5-5-N-N Controller on my benchtop Milling MAchine.
I could set the Hybrid motors running fine as well as the soft limits and the homing function with. I also could get the MPG working fine.
I could not find a place to set up the BACKLASH compensation. Does this controller have a backlash feature?
Anyone here knows where to find a Firmware update to download?
On this video (https://youtu.be/NBaUlAcllD4) I observed that he has a more recent version and the screen buttons are different (more coherent names).
The controller is very good with many resources but The manual is very poor with "Chinglish" almost useless!

Thank you in advance for your help.

Edi

Cnc ninja now has the source code and hopefully it can now get debugged, all we need is a source for spare keypad membranes now.

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Originally Posted by Zenji

Cnc ninja now has the source code and hopefully it can now get debugged, all we need is a source for spare keypad membranes now.

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Any idea where this source code could be found?

Hi Guys the latest firmware contains backlash settings and G53
I have mine running with the sample code that came with the controller, but my Mach3 postprocessor TAP files are a bit erratic.
I'm working on getting the code figured out. A guy that responded to a you tube video has been very helpful with setup and code info.
tomorrow ill be trying out some new G code to see if I can get it to run well with my files postprocessed with fusion 360 using either mach3 or linuxcnc as the setting in fusion for postprocessing.

The latest firmware that I got this morning Dec 6 2020 is firmware 2020-11-30

Glen

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Originally Posted by epicler

Hi to all!
I'm new here and would like to have some help from you please.
I have installed the SMC5-5-N-N Controller on my benchtop Milling MAchine.
I could set the Hybrid motors running fine as well as the soft limits and the homing function with. I also could get the MPG working fine.
I could not find a place to set up the BACKLASH compensation. Does this controller have a backlash feature?
Anyone here knows where to find a Firmware update to download?
On this video (https://youtu.be/NBaUlAcllD4) I observed that he has a more recent version and the screen buttons are different (more coherent names).
The controller is very good with many resources but The manual is very poor with "Chinglish" almost useless!

Thank you in advance for your help.

Edi

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Hi the latest firmware has backlash settings and G53

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Originally Posted by Biggyboy

Hi Guys the latest firmware contains backlash settings and G53
I have mine running with the sample code that came with the controller, but my Mach3 postprocessor TAP files are a bit erratic.
I'm working on getting the code figured out. A guy that responded to a you tube video has been very helpful with setup and code info.
tomorrow ill be trying out some new G code to see if I can get it to run well with my files postprocessed with fusion 360 using either mach3 or linuxcnc as the setting in fusion for postprocessing.

The latest firmware that I got this morning Dec 6 2020 is firmware 2020-11-30

Glen

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Hi Glen,

we might want to be a bit more systematic to find out which postprocessor might be the best for this controller and what changes have to be done to it so we get working G-Code. As I mentioned I currently have the controller disconnected and use linuxcnc. I send a request to get the latest firmware and they replied (without actually sending me the firmware):

There is a new firmware, but the updated functions are not many. 1. Double backup of data. Reduce internal flash memory error prompts.
2. Machine type 8, fixed the problem of negative numbers due to RTCP direction and pendulum length.
3. Newly added G53 mechanical coordinate rapid movement.

2020.12.8

So, I again requested that they send it to me. It's hard to debug something if we are not on the same firmware.