I recently bought a Hurco KM3 which has a problem with the original Ultimax 32 control.
I am looking to retrofit this machine to a PC based control while using all of the original parts as possible.
I have seen where LynuxCNC is capable of hooking to the servomate board that is already in the machine. What i am curious about is if any of the Centroid boards would be able to do the same? If not then can someone please point me in the direction of everything i would need to do this retrofit?
Re: Hurco KM3
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 9:39 pm
by Gary Campbell
How about you post a few pics of the controller and list the components?
Re: Hurco KM3
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:27 am
by Centroid_Liviu
Denton wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:38 pm
I recently bought a Hurco KM3 which has a problem with the original Ultimax 32 control.
I am looking to retrofit this machine to a PC based control while using all of the original parts as possible.
I have seen where LynuxCNC is capable of hooking to the servomate board that is already in the machine. What i am curious about is if any of the Centroid boards would be able to do the same? If not then can someone please point me in the direction of everything i would need to do this retrofit?
Our Oak Board is designed to interface with 3rd party drives using either a Velocity (-10 to +10v) or Position mode control. That being said depending on what you have there might be better options.
Re: Hurco KM3
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:46 am
by aamir
Hello
Here is the link we did Hurco KM3p with centroid with allin1DC . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDkrKfq7yY0
sorry video is not good
Excellent result with the allin1dc with new 10000CPR Encoders
Thanks
Aamir
Re: Hurco KM3
Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 6:16 pm
by dandonegan
In my humble opinion LynuxCNC Would be fun if Your hobby is retrofitting a milling machine. If you're more interested in making parts reliably I would definitely go with the all-in-one DC board and install new encoders. You can keep your transformers he stop buttons and motor wiring. That way you will have a reliable known working machine. Go out turn it on and it will work every time.
This is a Bridgeport boss that I retrofitted several years ago. It took longer to get all of the oil out of the cabinet then to finish the retrofit.