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My plasma torch not moving up and down..HYD-THC XPTHC-4H
Hi,
Today after finishing a job my plasma torch stopped working..it's not going up or down.
I have hypertherm power max 65,
HYD-THC xpthc-4h height controller and starfire control system.
Both up_limit n dn_limit led in HYD-THC are on..I think if those led goes off then my problem might be solved..wat may be the reason for them to turn on..
Pls help..
Re: My plasma torch not moving up and down..HYD-THC XPTHC-4H
Dear Mr Patel
Can you please send me the wiring between starfire and XPTHC-4H.
I will really appreciate.
Re: My plasma torch not moving up and down..HYD-THC XPTHC-4H
I realize this is an older thread, but if anyone out there has any luck setting this machine up I would love to know how you did it. Trying to get mine to work with an Ethernet Smooth Stepper/MB3 BOB and Mach4. Can't for the life of me get the Up and Down signals to work.
I have an Ethernet Smooth Stepper (ESS) with an MB3 BOB running MACH4 and wanted to add torch height control to my plasma setup. I purchased a HYD XPTHC 4H because it seemed like it had many useful features. Well the horrible instructions for connecting to a CNC have left me scratching my head really bad. I can get the torch to fire and cut but no matter what I try I cannot get the UP/DOWN outputs to feed any signal to the ESS. Has anyone had any luck setting this device up?
Manual
https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/...ed/XPTHC-4.pdf
The pin connections to ESS/MB3 are:
1 AUTO - Not Sure what it does and not connected
2 UP Up signal, Active low - No signal ever gets output connected to input X210 on MV3 BOB
3 DOWN Down signal, Active low - No signal ever gets output connected to input X211 on MV3 BOB
4 ARC ON with IHS, Active HI connected to Output Y314 on MV3 BOB - This works
5 EX ARC ON Arc start without IHS, Not connected seems its the same as pin4 but without THC
6 ARC Feedback - connected to input X211 on MV3 BOB (ARC OK signal works)
7 COLLISION output - Not using but it works when the probe activates
8 Control COM Isolation Control COM - Connected as common
If anyone has any solutions on how to make it work to send up and down signals to the ESS/MB3 that would be appreciated. I have spent hours with different settings in the control module to no avail.