[chris190]

Greetings everyone and Happy Holidays!!

So I bough this and I got it to work with the parallel port pc etc. I can control it with mach3 ...didnt figure out the spindle control yet so Im using manual but for now I have to install limit switches. I'm attaching a pic of the board inside the controller.

Can anyone confirm that the MI1,MI2,MI3, M01 and MI4 Empty green pins is where the XYZ limit switches would go.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank You!!

[cncjack01]

Please give me a picture for the card ,just a part of the card ,I can not determine the model。


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[chris190]

Hi,

Here are some pictures of the board:

[Little-Enterprises]

I just purchased that exact 6040 cnc engraver and have the same question. I belive the card you took a picture of controls the spindle. The other location could be the parallel port card mounted on the back panel. I machined a few mounts for my limit switches but have not gotten to the wiring.







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[Little-Enterprises]

I just purchased that exact 6040 cnc engraver and have the same question. I belive the card you took a picture of controls the spindle. The other location could be the parallel port card mounted on the back panel. I machined a few mounts for my limit switches but have not gotten to the wiring.







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Here is the picture of the parallel port board...

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[chris190]

Nice man!!! Thank You for the images... This deff helps... I will look tonight when I get home from work at the parallel port board and take it out to take some pics and post them tonight

[Little-Enterprises]

Nice man!!! Thank You for the images... This deff helps... I will look tonight when I get home from work at the parallel port board and take it out to take some pics and post them tonight

Attachment 344654
I looks like the parallel board is the hook up. This is what I got from the supplier today. It seems they have it set up as a negative ground system vs. 5v signal. I will give it a try tonight. And let you know.

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[chris190]

yes that's the same one I have as per pic below.. This is awesome!!!! Thank You

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[chris190]

Attachment 344654
I looks like the parallel board is the hook up. This is what I got from the supplier today. It seems they have it set up as a negative ground system vs. 5v signal. I will give it a try tonight. And let you know.

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Also did they give you a higher resolution image by any chance ? I can't see this image to well

[Little-Enterprises]

Also did they give you a higher resolution image by any chance ? I can't see this image to well

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[Little-Enterprises]

Everything is now working. Attached are the settings and wiring.





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[herrnoncrafts]

I was going through the posts and saw that you added limit switches to your controller, just wondering if you could answer a couple of questions as to how you wired them, first are they configured for Normally Open or Normally Closed and is it just wired into the bridge and then to the common connector for the switch

[Little-Enterprises]

I was going through the posts and saw that you added limit switches to your controller, just wondering if you could answer a couple of questions as to how you wired them, first are they configured for Normally Open or Normally Closed and is it just wired into the bridge and then to the common connector for the switch

The breakout board I have requires the switches be wired normally open. I will post a sketch of my wiring diagram. I know this is not optimal but it is working. I set up Mach3 to home +z -y and -x and works well.



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[herrnoncrafts]

Thanks it really helps.

[chris190]

The breakout board I have requires the switches be wired normally open. I will post a sketch of my wiring diagram. I know this is not optimal but it is working. I set up Mach3 to home +z -y and -x and works well.



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Thanks man.. That's awesome.. im working on it now . One more question... do you know where on the board the probe wire gets connected?

[Dman65]

Does anyone know what female connector type goes with the 5 pin connector on the board?

[carl1961]

chris190 you use the one marked "not used" which is P11 you can look at THE CNC BLOG The CNC Blog: Z Probe Code where He explains it and has all the screens to show

[carl1961]

Dman65 it is a JST XH 2.5-5 Pin 4S1P connector plug Male

[chris190]

Dman65 it is a JST XH 2.5-5 Pin 4S1P connector plug Male

Yeah thats the one....in my case i just soldered the wires directly.... anyhow that was then and i no longer have that controller... ended up geting a Gecko 540 and a smooth stepper ethernet card.

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