I’ve got the larger CSMIO which might be different but, all the inputs are isolated so you need attach ground (0v) to the pin associated with the input you are using.
I’ve got the larger CSMIO which might be different but, all the inputs are isolated so you need attach ground (0v) to the pin associated with the input you are using.
That is an excellent clue, I have started to look on their website and there are a good few guides on there, I think it is 14 15 and 16 I need to reference to 0v.
TODAY I finally have this "new " controller working. I cannot quite believe how many YEARS it took! Two and a Half from decision to actually working.
My pal Paul who is a talented electronics whizz determined that he had had enough and we set aside today to start from scratch and work out what was going on. To save a very long diatribe the whole problem revolved around a simple switch, mentioned ONCE in the Driver documentation and not easy to find, it was this one:
The little white switch at the very top there, it's default is 20volt signal, down for 5volt, which of course is what the controller supplies, one simple flick of the switch and It Was ALIVE!!!
Couldn't believe it. I now look forward to reporting back how much faster the machine is working.
Everything, including the hand held worked just fine rightaway!
Shortly to be found in the "for sale" section, a four axis rout-out controller complete with parallel port interface and computer to suit, all working.
Few bits to do to finish off, Limit switches and VFD control but nothing major.
Things had gone a "bit wonky" with the controller, I had installed Mach 3 (I know, plenty of people have told me it is "buggy" but I am familiar with it) and the thing was all over the place, I had carefully copied the old installation over to the new install folder and it was just not happy, my pal came over and we looked closely at it. The thing had lost all the Stepper parameters! Nightmare, he is far better at math than I am so between us we worked out what the revolutions to mm were (you have to tell Mach 3 that if the stepper turns X amount of times the table will move Y amount of millimetres) and re entered the lot, we also adjusted the start and finish ramp up and down parameters and the steppers sound much happier. Off to put a job on the machine now and we will see how it works (or not). Update later.
You should have been able to go back to a previous xml, Mach saves a backup every time you shut it down. Having said that I don't think I have ever seen parameters being wiped, are you sure you opened the correct profile and not a blank one?
It was a clean, unmolested new install of Mach 3 Robin and I am not sure of anything given the time that has passed. It all works now though so happy days!
My post really is to point out to people you cannot just have a controller and then stick Mach 3 or indeed anything else onto a computer and expect it to just work, you have to help it out by sort of telling it where it is and then where it will end up if you send it a command.