Control Schematic Advice

[firetrappe]

Jim, that's a very nice schematic you've drawn.

I've just been studying it as you're using very similar components to my panel.

As you're using the second parallel port anyway (M-Hold on K input), it might be worth considering using the 'H' input on J11 for your touch plate rather then pin 9 on J12.

If at a later date you decide to add a digitising probe then you can use pin 9 on J12 for that and enable the 'probe merged inputs mode' on the PMDX-126.

No big deal, just something i've done as I can see myself adding a touch probe at some point.

Si.

[JAZZCNC]

Jim, that's a very nice schematic you've drawn.

I've just been studying it as you're using very similar components to my panel.

Ah ah that'll be because I recommended same to Jim as I did you Si.!! . . . . I even sent him the diagram I did for you with pretty pictures on it. . .Lol

[GTJim]

Dean you brought me back from the dark side, lol.
Keep it simple is always the best way.

[firetrappe]

Yup Dean, you know how I like pretty pictures. It's more complicated to draw but really helps me get my head around how things work. Without your help Jim's schematic would have baffled me, thankfully I actually understand it now. And it's only taken me 6 months of reading build logs and countless hours on the phone you you lol. Cheers bud :)

Jim, i've attached a version of my 'schematic' below. I use corelDraw daily at work, so the easiest way for me to plan my wiring and layout was to draw it like this. It looks messy and complicated in the PDF, but it's all drawn using 'layers' so I can switch off/hide individual circuits when i'm working from it.

I've got a few tweaks to make to my wiring yet. Later on this weekend i'll upload the final layout and a photo of my completed panel for comparison.



Thanks needs to go to Dean(JazzCNC), Thomas (Eddycurrent) and Graham (Wobblycogs) for their advice and build logs which helped me get this far!

Si.

ps. Jim if you haven't seen Grahams website with his detailed build log yet (similar components used again) then have a look here : Yeti