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adanlicea
03-03-2021, 05:51 PM
Hello
I've purchased a Chinese Z axis toolsetter, the problem is that instructions are in Chinese and the diagram doesn't even indicate which cables are what. It has 4 cables brown, green, blue and orange, I want to plug it into the CNC board and set it up on Mach3. Anybody has experience this this kind of Z probes? The vendor doesn't even understand English so it's been pointless to ask them for instructions.
I managed to decipher that one cable (don't know the colour) goes to IN2 and another goes to DCM (also don't know which colour)

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Much appreciated if someone can help

Clive S
03-03-2021, 06:51 PM
If you have the instructions in Chinese you can you the translate app on a phone with the camera and that should do it.

Also if you have a multi meter you can sort the wire out into pairs they could be 2 switches inside the top one for the tool setter and a further one lower down to wire into the e-stop chain .

Or it could just you one switch and one pair of wire would be for the electronics.

Can you post a good picture of the instructions

adanlicea
04-03-2021, 12:14 AM
If you have the instructions in Chinese you can you the translate app on a phone with the camera and that should do it.

Also if you have a multi meter you can sort the wire out into pairs they could be 2 switches inside the top one for the tool setter and a further one lower down to wire into the e-stop chain .

Or it could just you one switch and one pair of wire would be for the electronics.

Can you post a good picture of the instructions
This scheme is the same as the one provided by the vendor I tried translating the whole document it on apps or google translate but it's not working . I'm asking a friend of mine who speaks Chinese to translate it for me, but basically it's a short paper that contains this scheme.

ZASto
04-03-2021, 08:45 AM
According to the scheme that you attached, your Brown+Orange wires are for tool setter, Green+Blue should be connected in series with your E-stop switch.

adanlicea
04-03-2021, 01:12 PM
According to the scheme that you attached, your Brown+Orange wires are for tool setter, Green+Blue should be connected in series with your E-stop switch.

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I found the scheme for the control board, so based on this in which pins should I plug the cables?

ZASto
04-03-2021, 02:28 PM
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hth

johngoodrich
06-03-2021, 10:22 AM
I have that exact tool setter. I have the orange and brown wires connected to ground and probe, and the blue and green connected to estop and earth

ZASto
07-03-2021, 09:46 AM
Estop switch from the tool setter should be connected in SERIES with Estop switch in your system.