Hi guys!!

I have had my PPIII up and running for a while, and one thing that is a bit of a minor nuisance is the way I have to turn on the vacuum and the spindle on by hand then unplug them afterwards (how lazy is that?), so I ordered a relay set for the controller board.

Easy enough to wire up by the numbers but I can't get the software to operate the tools. I have power according to the lights on the board. Also the jumper on the relay board is set to operate two loads independantly.

I am sure the settings/outputs is where the controls are set up, but my feeble knowledge here has so far prevented me finding the right boxes to check.

As I plan on adding limit switches as well I need to get this sorted out.

Thanks for any help you might offer!!!




PS I need to get a pic up in post your Phlatprinter!!!

 

I believe you need m3 to turn the spingle on and m5 to turn it off. I guess you could use the coolant on and off M5 and M9
it's a pain to turn the spindle and vac on.

 

I'm not using Mach ET, thanks for your time. I am using the Easy_CNC software.

Should I got to Mach instead?

I guess I haven't tried to run a program on it to see if it starts I will try that.

 

Sure sounds and looks easy enough ET but there is no output or the relay board is bad.

I'm pretty sure it is wired correctly. :roll:

The buttons on the software control panel work correctly on the panel but my outputs never go high.

There is power going to the relay board cause the light is on (I know this doesn't mean it is good)


I am hoping there is something in the settings that I am missing but I just spent about an hour and a half trying to find the right box. The software documentation doesn't even mention the output tab.

I'll keep at it and maybe I will blunder into my problem, I know I am just doing something really newb like.

 

OMG I told you it was a newb thing that was keeping me down.

I was trying to connect the relay board to the driver board and not the controller board

Obviously the connectors on the driver board are fed directly by the serial port and aren't connected when the USB controller is used.

I had looked at that page before Mark, but something clicked when I started looking at it again when I clicked your link.


Thanks a heap for trying to help out a newb guys!!

 

BTW a Futaba female servo connector has perfect pin size and spacing to make connections to those connectors on the "controller" board.

Having those relays hooked up really makes it much easier. (how lazy is this guy right......................pretty lazy )