Hacking a Roland CAMM3 PNC-3000

[Zorbit]

Removed.

[Robin Hewitt]

Sorry chaps, didn't realise I was feeding a troll

[Snowy]

Hi Robin,

I had a Specy 48k+ but i was 7 at the time. Not a scoobie.
Do you have any paperwork or manuals you could share? i haven't started stripping it down yet, don't even know if its steppers or servos and if they're worth keeping, what are the collets? i'm thinking a possible swap to linuxcnc to get it moving, whats your thoughts? i could donate the electronic gubbins to you if they'd be off use. i think it's only of use to me as a hardware frame as i don't have the know how for diggin into the electronics of it.
Snowy

[Snowy]

Hi Robin,
That would be awesome, yup, up for it.
My machine turns on, homes and the spindle test function seems to work ok.
I've not found much on line but what i have shows a seperately removable front controller and stand alone computer/psu, mine has none of that, suitably blurry picture attached

[Robin Hewitt]

It is 400 step/rev steppers so it purrs.

There ar 3 manuals:-
User's Guide
Command reference manual
Service notes (Which includes the full circuit diagram).

I could swap you a set of collets for the front panel with all the knobs and switches on.
You won't be needing them unless you take my firmware hack

[Deersaster]

Good afternoon ! Do you have service notes in electronic form?

[Robin Hewitt]

Good afternoon ! Do you have service notes in electronic form?

I have become old since starting this conversation back in 2011. What I have and do not have is a complete mystery to me.

There is a Roland PNC-3000 group on Facebook, you might try there.

Robin

[YamahaFisher]

I have a PNC-3200 that I may be going down a similar road with. I am missing the cable that connects the machine to the controller and I would like to test it out as it came before tearing into it.

Can anybody help with a cable diagram/ pinout?

Thanks!

[audryhome]

I have become old since starting this conversation back in 2011. What I have and do not have is a complete mystery to me.

There is a Roland PNC-3000 group on Facebook, you might try there.

Robin

Hi Robin,

I follow since a long time for efforts and appreciate really the change you made to your machine (ER16.... ).

I got the same machine more than 20 yrs ago, it collected dust in my basement until I moved to a larger house, and since I rebuilt 2 3D printer around the DUET 3D boards, I feel it's time now to rebuild my old machine, since the Woman Acceptance Factor is now fully positive.

Idea is to keep existing axis mechanics, upgrade as you did with an ER16 collet, flip the AC motor with a BLDC 500W one, and remove all other guts except the control knobs panel which is really helpful, and maybe the display panel whiwh is nice also, but complex. In this way, nothing external would dinstinguish the modified machine from the original one.



I started to reverse engineering the control panel, but I am not able to find some components datasheet that would be helpful to interface the panel with a mode modern interface board I envision.

You published on previous posts a schematic(part) of the main board, so I asked myself if you would have other schematics that would accelerate my refurbishment, Every schematic is of interest to me, since the complex interconnection between boards is a bit messy to reconstitute, although I have carefully dismantled the device.

Of course I understand it would have a cost to digitize paper documents properly if not done, so I am ready to pay for it if needed.
Also, I can send you the salvaged parts, motor, main board, enventually display if it is of interest to you.


You can send me private mail at jean.visconteATgmail.com if you feel it useful.

Thanks for your help, and bravo pour vos efforts

Kind Regards

Jean

[Robin Hewitt]

Disappointment, that is not a PNC-3000, can't use it, sorry to get your hopes up