Hello!
I've been reviewing the owner's manual and example configurations off of the C11G product page ( https://www.cnc4pc.com/c11g-multifun...cnc-board.html ), and am a bit confused on a few settings. Hoping someone here can help clear things up.
My Setup
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- Custom 4 axis CNC machine with stepper motors
- Mach 3
- Huanyang VFD and 2.2KW Water-cooled spindle (220V)
- C11G Controller through parallel port and UC100 USB to Parallel Port converter
E-Stop
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Seems there are two options ( https://www.cnc4pc.com/pub/media/pro...les/WS_238.pdf ): (1) E-Stop as Input to Controller and (2) E-Stop as a Hardware Disable. Based on my understating, the hardware disable might be preferable, as it would basically stop the machine immediately bypassing a controller command. Am I understanding that correctly? Can I also wire 2 E-Stops in parallel to be able to stop the machine from various places, physically, on my CNC machine?
VFD Control
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I have the very common Huanyang VFD and matching 220v water-cooled spindle. Based on what I can see, I need to set the SCHP (charge pump) jumper to ON and configure Mach3 accordingly (aside from all of the other connections which I understand). Is that correct?
Operation Mode Jumpers
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I'm not sure whether I need to set the Operation Mode jumper to US or INT mode. This is is the wiring example I am following: cnc4pc.com/pub/media/productattachments/files/WS_90_V2.pdf ; Based on that, it seems the jumper should be in the US mode?
Stepper Motor Ports
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I will be hooking up my 4-axis stepper motor controllers to OUTPUT ports 2-9. I have the COM jumper set to 2-3 (COM=GND). Based on this diagram: https://www.cnc4pc.com/pub/media/pro...iles/WS_91.pdf it seems I also need to put a jumper between 5V & EN on the OUTPUT side? Why or why not?
And if I am wiring the E-Stop for Hardware Disable (one side of the E-Stop runs to the EN port) should I still use that jumper and so have 5V "jumped" to EN, and EN also connected to the E-Stop(s)?
Anything Else
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Based on my questions above and my hardware, are there any other gotachas that you can think of that I need to be aware of for any reason?
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Any advice on the above would be greatly appreciated. If anyone has specific links to point me to where I can get answers, that is also great. Happy to read up and learn what I need to, to not fry my (new) system.
-- Kirill