On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 19:44 -0500, Thomas J Powderly wrote: ... snip > THE ABCD on a turret makes me think the encoder is very coarse and the > information ABCD is really just a 4 bit count of position. This is more > credible if your turret has less than 17 positions. > It is an encoder, just not the sort most people think of. > The turret for the Mazak was just holes in a yard wide disk and prox > sensors. after i unmasked it, it was pretty simple to understand. It may > be like yours.
The CHNC should be like my HNC encoder here: http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/HNC/00025-1a.jpg I recall seeing a picture of the Mazak encoder and noting all the Honeywell HALL sensors at $25 a pop. > Again, your schematics should tell you the voltage supplied, or (at > least ) lead you to one end that you can measure. > > hth > > TomP -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
