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I'm planning to do a machine with similar design, but with concrete instead of epoxy. For the machine bed, a pre-milled plate will be layed on top of...

Morning everyone. This item is still for sale and hoping it can go to a good home for a sensible offer. Many thanks

Axis control with Linuxcnc

Finally . . . .

The reason I'm so glad I kept both my retail vers of 7 and xp. Served me well the last 5 years. Win10 is too bloated afaic and the forced updates...

Great checked those sensors this morning. They are feed by 12v. If there is no metal near the sensor, it's at about ,8.5v. when metal is near it,...

If you use a uc100 there is no problem as it's designed as an interface between parallel port and usb out to a modern computer. The same can be said...

I noticed that, but in the "Questions" area past customers also talk about Win PC USB, so possibly that was standard with older machines, which this...

I bought win pcnc usb and uc100 controllers. As a beginner I found the the UC100 and the uccnc software much easier to get on with. I am making a new...

Though I'd be exploring the bullet on the S 720 feature list...

303 Euros?? I'd concur with the earlier recommendations of the UCxx hardware.

I think Jazzcnc also stocks controllers in the UK. https://www.jazzcnc.co.uk/motion-control

I bought the UC300eth, ucbb, cables, uccnc, 'kit', plus another ucbb spare from cncdrive. Then bought a £100ish HP laptop to run it from. I have...

I'm definitely with Dazp on this one - the UCxxx range of hardware is well-respected for general quality and reliabilty, and there is a lot of...

If your pc has an ethernet connection I wouldn't even bother looking at usb. UC300eth or UC400eth controller all day long, use an IDC26 to DB25...

Hi Neale, and thanks for taking the time to respond. Your correct I have no experience whatsoever, I've literally just un-crated the machine...

Certainly can be made to work, however, bear in mind the switching time for the relay(s) - guessing in the order of 5-10ms (I'll let you do the math...

Thank for the lengthy reply. Would one of these comparators work? https://a.aliexpress.com/_vFHhhU I have the data sheet for the sensor but can't...

Without data sheet (I've googled for 5 minutes and given up to watch the F1 qualifying instead) - and without knowing the sensor supply voltage...

Still for sale?

Ok so I managed to get control of the axis with Linuxcnc and parallel card. The next thing is figuring out these balluff 2 wire numar sensors. these...

I have a PMDX 126 (BOB) then a PMDX 107 options card that controls the VFD