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by amegger
Sun Aug 27, 2023 11:27 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Intercon wish list.
Replies: 17
Views: 6051

Re: Intercon wish list.

I would like to see a a manual chamfering or “dual jog” function for lathe. I’ve used a bridgeport Ezpath lathe that had this function and it was very handy. Basically you handwheel to a position to start a chamfer, select 1 of 4 directions for the chamfer then when the function is active moving one ...
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by amegger
Sun Aug 10, 2025 8:02 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: X axis trips the home and keeps going to the limit <Resolved>
Replies: 2
Views: 77

Re: X axis trips the home and keeps going to the limit

I knew it had to be something simple I was missing! Thanks!
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by amegger
Sat Aug 09, 2025 11:07 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: X axis trips the home and keeps going to the limit <Resolved>
Replies: 2
Views: 77

X axis trips the home and keeps going to the limit <Resolved>

As the subject states, Z homes fine, Y homes fine then X trips the home switch and keeps going till the limit stops it.
I did a clean install of windows 10 on my cnc pc and updated CNC12 from 5.08 to 5.30 while I was at it. Re-entered the wizard settings and copied in my previously working cncm.hom ...
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by amegger
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: The smoke came out
Replies: 5
Views: 915

Re: The smoke came out

The board still works, just the outputs are nonfunctional, I'll get the system ID. Thanks
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by amegger
Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: The smoke came out
Replies: 5
Views: 915

Re: The smoke came out

Guess its cheaper than a new one, especially after the price increase. Is the board serial# the label/barcode on the DB25?
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by amegger
Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: The smoke came out
Replies: 5
Views: 915

The smoke came out

So I accidentally connected +24VDC to EN2 and smoke came out while doing the bench test.... :oops: Now none of the screw terminal outputs work and all the relays on the relay card are stuck in the on (green) state. Activating a relay output just makes the green led dim a bit.
The heartbeat ...
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by amegger
Tue Nov 07, 2023 1:30 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: 412 Encoder error - looking for clarification
Replies: 4
Views: 1484

Re: 412 Encoder error - looking for clarification

CNCSNW,
That is true of these drives, I'm operating with option #3 right now and relying on the drive enable to stop the drive in the e-stop state. Not ideal I know.
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by amegger
Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:00 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: 412 Encoder error - looking for clarification
Replies: 4
Views: 1484

Re: 412 Encoder error - looking for clarification

Got it, I'll check those things out. Thanks.
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by amegger
Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: 412 Encoder error - looking for clarification
Replies: 4
Views: 1484

412 Encoder error - looking for clarification

I am setting up and OAK board with Yaskawa SGDA-04AS drives and I have hit a roadblock with the error "412 MPG1 Encoder error" "412 encoder differential error". Can someone clarify the meaning of these faults? I have searched but haven't found much info on it, at least info that narrows down my ...
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