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06 Apr 2014 22:55 #45619 by mblaszkiewicz
Replied by mblaszkiewicz on topic Brother TC-211
The machine was bought knowing it will be Converted. I will bee doing 3-d artistic milling on it. There is no way to program on a conversation controller so it needs a retro. Plus the price afforded some swap out money

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06 Apr 2014 23:43 #45623 by emcPT
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The machine was bought knowing it will be Converted. I will bee doing 3-d artistic milling on it. There is no way to program on a conversation controller so it needs a retro. Plus the price afforded some swap out money


Although I do not know your machine, most controls allow both languages: conversational and plain Gcode. However I really do not know your machine/controller.

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07 Apr 2014 00:36 #45625 by JR1050
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from what I could find on the net, The Brother control is pure conversational and while x-y move can be programmed, it is only at a fixed depth. It apparently does not use G code of any kind. The machine is really a drilling and tapping machine, with limited milling capabilities.I would still seriously running it some with the brother control, if only for tests, just to see how it behaves. My guess is it has encoders, japan was never really big on resolvers. Maybe Brother can suggest how to program it in what ever lauguauge they wrote the conversational cycles in. Good luck.

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07 Apr 2014 01:13 #45627 by mblaszkiewicz
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Brother does not support the machine at all anymore. The machine doesn't even have an rs-232 port. As for g code it is not available for this machine.

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11 Apr 2014 07:51 #45833 by mblaszkiewicz
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someone brought up linear scales to get by the resolvers, (still haven't run a scope on them). If I get a set of scales for the machine how would I integrate them in the system to by pass the resolvers. ???

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12 Apr 2014 04:28 #45869 by andypugh
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someone brought up linear scales to get by the resolvers, (still haven't run a scope on them). If I get a set of scales for the machine how would I integrate them in the system to by pass the resolvers. ???


Well, you wouldn't exactly bypass the resolvers. You would leave the resolvers in place to provide the feedback that the drives use, but use the scales as the feedback for a position loop in LinuxCNC.

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12 Apr 2014 07:59 #45871 by mblaszkiewicz
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Thanks, any advice on a specific set of scales. x 12" y 9" z 8"

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12 Apr 2014 16:43 #45877 by andypugh
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Thanks, any advice on a specific set of scales. x 12" y 9" z 8"


I have never personally used any, so can't make any recommendations.
I also think that it is too early to start shopping for scales as we still don't know if the drive output quadrature pulses for the controller.

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14 Apr 2014 06:08 #45923 by mblaszkiewicz
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I found these in the manual. Is it the info you need for the resolvers

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14 Apr 2014 06:09 #45924 by mblaszkiewicz
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