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    Re: WTB: Wireless Centroid MPG Pendant

    It is actually closer to 1K, but I understand your point. However, I'm looking at the composite cost. Another $250 for closed loop steppers, $125 for a monitor, $200 for cabinets and other...
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    Re: WTB: Wireless Centroid MPG Pendant

    UPDATE:
    Sadly... no.... The Ether16 is actually the Ether1616, which is another Centroid product. The price of this is the same as the pendant, so there really is no cost reduction here, only a lot...
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    Re: WTB: Wireless Centroid MPG Pendant

    I like it.... a true "breadboard", even if you are using mixing the electronic and baking terms (hey! get it... "mixing" is also a baking term). OK.... I digress...

    I have an important learning...
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    Re: WTB: Wireless Centroid MPG Pendant

    The irony here is that in this particular case, the machine is less expensive than the Acorn setup, LOL. But that is a bit of an anomaly. Usually it is the other way around....

    FWIW, I would...
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    Re: WTB: Wireless Centroid MPG Pendant

    Yes, for the Acorn systems, they apparently (95% sure, but I am *not* an expert on them yet) have precluded the ability to integrate with their product. Mach, I believe, is much more 'open'. In the...
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    Re: WTB: Wireless Centroid MPG Pendant

    Hi Craig,
    Thank you for the response and for sharing your experiences.... I have a bit of a distrust of "closed" systems, so I'm not thrilled about Centroid's decision to lock out pendants. However,...
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    Re: WTB: Wireless Centroid MPG Pendant

    Unfortunately, that will *not* work on the Centroid system. There would be a whole host of different pendants I could use if I the interface were I/O ports, but the Centroid is all USB based. That...
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    WTB: Wireless Centroid MPG Pendant

    Hi.
    I'm on the hunt for a wireless Centroid pendant. And, yes, even though it is only a $120 XHC PHB04B pendant, you have to use *their* pendant. :-(. Does anyone here have one that they want to...
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    Re: WTB: Centroid Acorn, pendant

    Thank you for the response, but that doesn't look like you are running this on a Centroid Acorn. I am really trying to understand if this pendant will work on that *specific* control.
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    WTB: Centroid Acorn, pendant

    I'm on the hunt for a Centroid Acorn and/or pendant. I'm planning on a retrofit, but I can't quite make the current price structure of Centroid work for me for the small (hobby) machine I want to...
  11. Re: Want to add touch probe to Ladder in Fanuc PLC

    There are a lot of videos on making probes and such. They really are not that complicated. Renishaw makes a LOT of money off what is really a pretty simple design. That said, they do make nice...
  12. Re: Want to add touch probe to Ladder in Fanuc PLC

    Hi Tarek,
    You are definitely on the right track. I went through all of the same learning that you did. It is surprising how *little* information there really is about this subject. Anyhow, you...
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    Re: Z axis Auto zeroing intermittent

    I'm thinking that you may have intended to post this in a different forum. The one you have selected here is for Dyna Mechtronics machines. Most of these machines, except for the smaller ones, are...
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    Re: DM2400 Retrofit

    Honestly, it is very difficult to say because it is very subjective for each person. I've seen people try to market these machines sell for $400 all the way through $5000. Clearly the higher ones...
  15. Re: MAZAK VTC 200C MAZATROL 640 DATA PROTECT SIGNAL

    Bear in mind that I don't know this control. But it seems reasonable that you would need to re-home the system if the battery died and it was retaining positional information. That would mean that...
  16. Re: MAZAK VTC 200C MAZATROL 640 DATA PROTECT SIGNAL

    Probably a battery replacement then reregister/home
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    Re: Wiring Diagram check - CNC BUILD

    Couple things... First, it seems odd that you apparently don't have a spindle speed controller in your diagram. Are you really just going direct from the relay to the spindle motor? It is odd in...
  18. Re: Mazak SQT 18 MS, won't startup, e-stop error 33 "Drive"

    A big thank you for posting the solution. It is always the simple things that are the most frustrating.
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    Re: RPM MAZAK QT 10N MAZATROL CAM T2

    I don't know that control at all, but I am guessing this is a parameter issue. This is based on a few qualifiers. First, I am assuming that the physical rotation speed of the spindle accurately...
  20. Re: Mitsubishi Meldas 50L - Blank Screen after Re-initialize

    Unfortunately I don't have a 50 series control, only an M3, so I'm not sure I can help very much. However, I can tell you that leaking caps is a problem on the M3 machines. The interesting thing,...
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    Re: meldas 500 parameters

    Be aware that scammers are now infecting this site. Be *very* suspicious of bit.ly or other services such as gplinks. These will have a signature such as "gplinks.co/Rqepal" (that is *NOT* the link...
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    Re: Mitsubishi MELDAS L3/M3 monitor problem

    This is the battery I have used. I like it because it has a high capacity and is still very reasonable in price (about $13USD):
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    Re: Mitsubishi MELDAS L3/M3 monitor problem

    It is a rechargeable battery. Without power applied, even the original battery probably won't last more than 2 months or so. Given that you have had the machine powered up while you have been trying...
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    Re: Mitsubishi MELDAS L3/M3 monitor problem

    Davey,
    If you are in the United States, why don't you PM me your phone number and timezone. We can figure out a time when we can talk. Bear in mind that this machining stuff is a hobby for me, and...
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    Re: Mitsubishi MELDAS L3/M3 monitor problem

    First thing... Do you have any backup of the parameters, either on paper (usually a printout in a manual) or on a disk? It *does* matter because the parameters are used to customize the machine. ...
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    Re: Dynamyte 4440m meldas help

    OK, it is a little perplexing. Let's think this through one problem at a time....

    The M3 has a daisy chain type of communications bus for the amplifiers. The cable starts at the M3, then the S12...
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    Re: Dynamyte 4440m meldas help

    Hi Geir,
    Did I ever send you the Dyna manuals? The error code 5 will only be in that as the tool changer was strictly a Dyna affair; it has nothing to do with Mitsubishi.

    Are you getting any...
  28. Thread: meldas

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    Re: meldas

    The MC841 is likely not your problem. That has the PLC ladder created by your machine integration written into an EPROM memory chip. There really isn't anything to "initialize" there, per se. ...
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    Re: Mazak M32 comm error

    Oh... this might be a bit harder... I was thinking that you had a stock Meldas control, but you've got a Mazak variant. I don't have one of those, and they confuse me a bit more. They use *much* of...
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    Re: Mazak M32 comm error

    Honesty, part of the problem here has to do with the legacy tape readers. I was working with someone else just this weekend regarding comms on the Meldas. I have a set of parameters that is...
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