[ronald44181000]

Here are pictures of my box as it sits at the moment.Attachment 328838Attachment 328840Attachment 328842

[Toinvd]

I'll come back tomorrow, and will try to make a drawing in your nice box

[ronald44181000]

Thanks for your assistance as I've tried Gecko and so far haven't had a response.

[ronald44181000]

Here is the schematic that I was originally working from when I was advised to add an On/Off Switch as E-Stops are not designed for that type of use.Attachment 328916


All I need help with is what and to where do I wire the 4 Position On/Off Switch too?

[Toinvd]

Hoi Ronald.
The E stop is a way to stop all action from the controller ( gecko 540 ) and disable power to the motors.
And now to your starting question.
Your nice box can be wired as in the attached diagram

First, have a good ground point to connect all ground wires.
So the safety ground from the input connection and the G ( ground ) from your powersupply needs to be connected to the metal of your box. On the picture, it looks like there is such a connecting point close to your powersupply.
Then: connect the AC power wires ( N and L ) from the input connection to the power switch S1 in the drawing. From the power switch to the emergency stop S2 in the drawing and from there the N direct to the power supply and the L through the fuse to the power supply.

[snowyskiesau]

My E-Stop is wired into mains (240V in my case) and it kills ALL power to the controller. If you have an emergency situation you really want everything to stop.

Here's a link to the controller wiring diagram that I used. The relays and VFD output are optional, I don't use either at this stage.

[ronald44181000]

I didn't go with the Homann design as I wanted the ability to just reset my machine as well as kill everything.

[ronald44181000]

Thanks for the drawing and descriptive schematic and they both clear up the issues I was having.

[ronald44181000]

Once again thanks for your help in designing this schematic for me and as you probably guessed, I am clueless when it comes to wiring something correctly.
If I may, can you correct me if I'm right or wrong when it comes to wiring up a Touch Sensor.
I want to have a 1/4 inch plug jack on the front for a Touch Plate. In the included drawing it shows one wire going directly to the Terminal 12 Negative connection and one wire going to the Terminal 4 Position. In my case, I want to run the V- Connection going to the Ground Terminal of the Jack Socket and the V+ Connection going to the Side Connection of the Jack.

Also I have the intention of running 3 CPU Fans all connected through the Buck Shunt to drop the voltage for this and the Touch Sensor to the necessary 12 V.

Are these assumptions correct?

As far as your previous description for my wiring schematic, I ran all of the N leads to the lower connections of the Start and E-Stop Switches and the L leads to the upper connections of these same switches.

I can't wait to get through this step and on to the remaining steps. Then I'll be back in creative mode and able to sit down and learn all of the enhancements that VCarve has made in their signature software from Versions 3 to 8.1.Attachment 329304

[Toinvd]

Hoi Ronald,
Do you have anything like a universal multi meter to check your connections while NOT conected to the mains.
If you have, you can check the connections by connecting the meter over the N on the input to the N on the power supply.
Only when the power switch is on and the emergency button is not pushed in you should measure a low ohmic connection ( something below 1 Ohm )
If the power switch is of OR if the emergency button is pushed in, you should have HIGH Ohm value ( real high so above 1Mohm )
The same for the Live connection.
Using a 1/4 inch plug is a good idea, and yes connect the - connection to the ground terminal and use the central point for the connection to the input 4 on the Gecko 540
You will use this to check the point height of your cutting tool. The - connection should also be connected to your machine ground.
the tool should slowly decend to the touch plate, and when in contact will know the hight ( relative ). So when chane a tool, afther tool heght measuring. it will be at the same hight to your working piece

[ronald44181000]

Thanks again and I must say your responses have been so to the point its as if I was doing a Paint By Numbers picture.