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But I think his question was, 1.5 to 2.5 what ? If you search the plasma manual, you will find three places where it recommends "1.5 to 2.5 turns of the motor per inch of travel", and the one place where it says "1.5 to 2.5 inch range of travel per one revolution of the Axis Motor&quo...

No. M94/1 sends request #1 to the PLC program. What physical PLC output it affects, if any, depends entirely on PLC logic. In the case of Acorn controls, the PLC logic in turn depends on your Wizard output selections. The outputs on the first Ether1616 board are OUT33 - OUT48. There are no M94/M95 r...

If you have your control set up for 2 axis, then you should be able to go to Intercon, load any of the sample programs, and press F10/Post. That should cause Intercon to write out a fresh CNC file for that program, with 2-axis codes. Obviously some things, like Thread Milling, will not be possible; ...

Acorn H4: IN1: Z Home Switch (wired to mechanical Z home switch, NC) IN3: Z Driver Alarm (wired to driver ALM-) The Driver PU+, DR+, MF+, ALM+ and the other end of the home switch circuit are all wired to Acorn 24V Acorn PLC inputs are current-sourcing. This means that you have +24VDC wired to the ...

The probing cycles, under F5/Probe on the Part Setup screen, are primarily for measurement and inspection. They locate the feature, then tell you the location and size that they found. All of those probing cycles except F7/Single Axis can also be used for setting your X and/or Y part zero location, ...

Set Parameter 348 = 0.

There are good uses for inversion, especially in the home/hobby market where customers insist they should be able to use what they have (e.g. normally-open prox sensors in place of limit switches) instead of having to buy something more appropriate. The PLC program's "native" behavior, tho...

Depending on context, "normal" is either the condition of the contacts when you take the device out of its packaging and set it on your desk; or it is the condition of the contacts when the device is installed in the machine, and the machine is idle and ready to run. The first scenario is ...

Heidenhain does make signal converters. If I recall correctly, IBV100 and IBV600 series are for voltage-mode sine/cosine signals; and EXE100 and EXE600 series are for current-mode sine/cosine signals. However, those signal converters are generally more expensive than a basic rotary encoder, so they ...

Hmm. Five-axis machine, and there in your picture are five connectors that look like Heidenhain M23 12-pin feedback plugs. Each plug bringing in nine wires, including four twisted pairs consistent with Heidenhain position feedback (BLU+RED, YEL+GRN, GRY+PNK, WHT+BRN). Because it is Heidenhain, there...