Novamill mach conversion upgrade

[Benja]

Yes thats fair point. 24v system with a 5 volt connecting to the pc what a let down :/ lol

Does it really? i always assumed it was just a motion controller , but would still need an isolated board to mange all the i/o

So it could be much more simple than I first thought. as long as I could work out the wiring for it of course.

I'll be honest, ive got no clue what i'm doing, but i'm sure i can work it out with a little help.
I did start another thread a while back to try and use the smartstep/3 with the IP-M but its sounds like it would be pointless. as the IP-M would be making the smart step redundant?

[Benja]

So as far as I can see unless i'm missing something.
I can use the I-pm with whatever half decent 20 - 40v drivers I can find.

I was going to keep my existing steppers (SANYO DC 3,6V 1,4A, 1.8deg (nema23) ) but it seems pointless for little amount of work it would be to change them.

I already have the spindle set up with the sprint board and DIYcnc spindle driver.

So it should just be a matter of wiring it all up then right?

Or am I missing something serious?

[Benja]

Finally got around to making the order with zapp
1 x CSMIO/IP-M
3 x EM503
1 x 48 v psu
and 4 metres of 4 core shielded cable

Waiting on the 503's to come into stock.

I made the decision to keep my original steppers for now, partly for fault finding , ive had problem loosing steps on the z axis only for some time, so I wanted to find out for sure in the end if it was the stepper or the drivers.
Also the Z axis is going to be a problem to change the Stepper, If and when it does get replaced it will have to be flipped upside down and come out of the column as below there is only 60mm between the mount plate and the spindle motor. I did find a Nema 34 through motion controls which might just fit though @ 65mm but its OOS anyway :/