CNC Machine Controller JY5300 and Handwheel MHC2 User Guide V3.

0 2013 JULY 3

JY5300 CNC CONTROLLER

& MHC2 HANDWHEEL
USER GUIDE V3.0
*For JY5300-V2 released July 2013

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1) Special Features P4
2) Specifications P5
3) Control Box Structure P7
i) Mainboard P8
ii) Stepper Driver Card P10
iii) DC Spindle Driver Card P10
iv) AC Spindle Driver Card P11
v) Socket pin diagram P12
4) First Installation P13
5) MACH3 Basic Setup P14
6) Run a demo G Code P20
7) MHC2 Handwheel pendant Introduction P21
i) Button Introduction P21
ii) LCD display P21
Hand Wheel Controller Function: P22
i) Standard motor control P22
ii) PC/ HC mode P23
iii) Memory P23
iv) Emergency Stop P24
v) Divide to Half P24
vi) Back to Zero P24
vii) Rolling function P24
viii) Limit Switch P25
ix) Modify stepper motor parameter P25
x) 3D Printer A Axis Motor setting P25
8) MHC2 Handwheel pendant MACH3 setup P25
i) Modbus communication and Mach3 brain control P25
ii) Mach 3 pendant setup and calibration P28
9) How to use AutoCheck P32
10) Spindle Motor Controlling P32
i) Software acceleration and deceleration P32
ii) PWM driving constant speed P32
iii) Manual PWM Control P32
iv) MACH3 PWM Control by G-Code P32
v) Overdrive protection P33
vi) AC 800W or higher watering cooling spindle motor P33
11) Stepper Motor controlling P33
12) Limit switch Protection P33
13) Water Cooling terminal P34
14) Output Relay (OUT1) P34
15) Application Tutorial P35
i) Basic control in MACH3 P35
ii) How To generate G Code From 3D graphics P36
iii) How To generate G Code From photo P36

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iv) How To make prototype PCB P37

v) How To convert CNC to 3D printer P37
16) Frequency Asked Question P38
17) Appendix (parallel port pin assignment) P41

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CNC Machine Controller JY5300-OPTO-ISOLATED

Special Features:
1) Auto-check and output relay terminals
2) Handwheel pendant and MACH3 can communicate by serial Modbus.
3) PWM DC Spindle control board, support MACH3 gcode control (M3 command) to set the
spindle speed. Also user can switch to manual control spindle speed
4) Support CNC to 3D Printer extruder (Can check our website for detail)
5) New features board with parallel port input and output high speed opto-isolation (New
version of JY5300 with USB power at the back panel)
6) With digital hand wheel controller
7) Motion memory function. Can record the motion from Computer (e.g. Mach3), or hand
wheel controller. Can play back the whole motion without computer controller.
8) Hand wheel controller with LCD display, can show X, Y, Z and A position up to 0.01mm
9) Hand wheel control motion smoothing function. Embedded acceleration and deceleration
in hand controlling.
10) Can stand alone control up to 5 axis stepper motor (standard package is 4 axis) without
Computer connected
11) Constant speed spindle motor function. Can detect spindle motor speed and provide more
power automatically once the speed is dropped down. Fulfill low speed high power usage.
12) Spindle motor overcurrent protection, prevent motor board and motor damage
13) PWM spindle motor control with electronic acceleration and deceleration, extent the life of
motor.
14) X, Y, Z axis Limit switches anti-crash function, once limit switch is triggered, the machine
will automatically drive back 5 mm, prevent crash accident.
15) Independent control board. 1 pcs main board, 4 or 5 pcs stepper controller board and 1
pcs Spindle motor controller board. Easy to maintenance, repairing and replacement.
16) High velocity performance, velocity can drive up to 3500mm / minute, acceleration up to
400mm/s2
17) Extension function can connect to 800W or above water cooling type AC spindle Motor
controller *Detail can consult sales

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Specification:

Item Description Parameter Remark

*Standard package with

Stepper Driver Board 5
4 Stepper Driver Board

DC Spindle Motor Driver Board 1

*support 12V water
Water Cooling system 1
pump

Limit Switch X Y Z 1

External Controller 1 *support handwheel

Socket Number of Slot
PC Parallel Port 1

*must connected for

opto- isolation power
USB to Serial Modbus 1
19200 baudrate Mach3
modbus
Auto check terminal 2

Relay Output (3A 110 to 220V) 2

Operating Voltage 24DCV

Maximum Current 3DCA

Micro-Stepping divider 1:8

Maximum Acceleration 200mm/s2

Stepper Motor
Hand Wheel Control Maximum Deceleration 200mm/s2
Driver Board
Maximum Speed 3500mm/min
320 Steps per mm
Maximum Acceleration 300 mm/s2
MACH3 Computer
Maximum Deceleration 300 mm/s2
Control
Maximum Speed 3500mm/min

Number of Memory Region 4

Stepper Motion
One Region Max Record Time 30minutes
Memory
Maximum Memory Speed 3500mm/min
MACH3 PWM / Manual PWM Rotary switch
control selection

Operating Voltage 48DCV

Auto-shutdown
DC Spindle Maximum Current 7DCA
protection
Motor Driver
PWM Speed Control 0 to 100% 1KHz
Board
Constant Speed Tolerance 5 to 15%
Tested in 300W
Maximum Acceleration ~3000RPM/s
12000RPM DC Motor
Maximum Deceleration ~3000RPM/s

Input Electricity 110/220VAC 50/60Hz

Hand Wheel LCD Dot Matrix 128X64 with backlight

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Display 16 button
Inch or mm mode
Support Mach3 Modbus communication

Cable Length 3m
Hand Wheel Encoder 100 PPR

Number of Axis 4 Axis

Size (LXWXH)mm 330X220X120
Controller Box
Weight net weight (kg) 4.3

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Control Box Structure

4)

1)
5)

3) 2)

Controller Box Button:

1) Main Switch: Power ON/ OFF the whole controller
2) Emergency Stop: Power off the whole controller, don’t use it as power on off switch; it is
just for emergency situation.
3) Spindle Motor Speed: Rotary knob to control the speed of spindle motor
4) PC/ Hand Controller: Switch to PC/ Hand wheel mode, pressed is Hand Controller mode
5) PC PWM Mode: Tune to hear you will “TAK” sound, enter MACH3 PC pwm spindle
controlling mode

7) 6) 5) 4) 3) 2) 1)

11)
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Socket:
1) X Axis: Connect to X stepper motor
2) Y Axis: Connect to Y stepper motor
3) Z Axis: Connect to Z stepper motor
4) A Axis: Connect to A stepper motor
5) Limit Switch: Connect to machine limit switch
6) Spindle Motor: Connect to spindle motor
7) Cooling System: Connect to water cooling system (if exist)
8) Parallel Port: Connect to Computer parallel port
9) Hand Controller / External Device: Connect to hand wheel controller, or other
controller
10) Input Electricity: 110V or 220V AC ( Fixed rating, marked on the controller box)
11) B Axis: Connect to B stepper motor (* reserved connector port)
12) OUT 1: Relay output port
13) AUTO CHECK: For AutoCheck device
14) USB Power: Connect to USB port of the computer; don’t use other power source like USB
adapter. And will create a USB serial com port for Modbus control

Mainboard

Block Diagram:

25 PIN PARALLEL PORT 48V 350W SWITCHING

POWER SUPPLY
PIN: 1-9, 14, 16, 17 PIN: 10,11,12,13,15

24V 250W SWITCHING

74VHCT14 Inverting 6N137 High Speed POWER SUPPLY
Schmitt-trigger Opto-Isolation

MINI USB PORT

6N137 High Speed 74VHCT14 Inverting
Variable
Opto-Isolation Schmitt-trigger
Resistor USB TO OPTO Isolation
SERIAL CHIP Power Supply

STEPPER MICRO SPINDLE

6N137 High Speed
DRIVER CARDS PROCESSOR MOTOR CARD
Opto-Isolation

MICRO
CONTROL BOARD SOCKET TERMINAL RJ12 HANDWHEEL PORT PROCESSOR

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With high speed 10Mb/s opto-isolation between PC and control box. Prevent the ground loop
damage.
Total 17 pcs 6N137 high speed opto isolation ic for all inputs and outputs, at all parallel port pin
with level shifter to enhance the signal.

Card slot design, support up to 5 stepper driver cards and one spindle motor card. Can replace or
add new card easily

Dual power supply input, one for spindle motor up to 48V, separate 24V power for stepper motor
driving.

Support handwheel, limit switch, and relay output, auto check function, water cooling system
and system fan cooling.

USB port to provide Modbus communication to MACH3

Power plug with EMI filter to prevent AC noise

12V Water Cooling supply 6N137 opto Isolation ICs

Limit Switch

Logic supply
Fuse 5mm 1.5A

Stepper supply
Fuse 5mm 10A J4 AutoCheck

Step Motor
Supply J3 OUT1 Relay
Output

HandWheel/ PC
Spindle mode switch
Motor
Supply

Spindle supply Spindle Motor Stepper X, Y, Z

Fuse 5mm 10A Card Slot &A card Slot

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Stepper Driver Card

Using Toshiba TB6560 3A high current stepper motor card, with independent microprocessor
control.
With 32Mb flash memory to record the motion up to 30 minutes, can record simple motion by
handwheel and repeat the simple work.

DC Spindle Driver Card

Constant speed PWM control, with high speed microprocessor to calculate the software
acceleration and deceleration. Real time monitor the spindle current and spindle motor speed.

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AC Spindle Driver Card

Can connect to external AC spindle control box JY800W and use higher power spindle motor
up to 800W or more.

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Socket Pin Diagram

Stepper Motor:

A- B-
A+ B+

Spindle Motor:

PWM - VCC 48V

VCC 48V PWM -

Limit Switch:

Y LIMIT SWITCH
X LIMIT SWITCH

Z LIMIT SWITCH

COMMON GND

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Water Cooling:

GND

12V DC VCC

max 0.8A

First Installation
1) Switch to Power Off before installation
2) Connect all cable according to the marking on the cable. Follow the marking: “X” to X axis,
‘Y’ to Y axis, etc. Connect: X, Y, Z, A and B stepper motor, spindle motor, electricity input,
hand wheel controller (A, B stepper motor and water cooling is optional order) and USB
cable, *please connect to the same computer USB’s port to have opto-isolation function.
3) Double check the cable connection.
4) Tune the spindle motor speed’s rotary knob to 0% ( When you tune the rotary knob to
turn off mode (Tick sound heard) will need Gcode command M3 to start the motor on off)
5) Inspect the whole machine without abnormal situation, like missing parts, obstacle, etc.
6) Release the emergency stop and then power on
7) “Beep” sound is heard once the main board is ready
8) Check the hand wheel controller, the LCD is on
9) Press “Speed” to X10 on hand controller, select “X” motor (*detail can see the hand
controller instruction)
10) Try to move X, Y, Z, stepper motor by handwheel or arrow key on keyboard (make sure
you turn on the jog mode and set to cont or step). Check that it is working or not
11) Tune the spindle motor speed rotary knob to 100%, spindle motor should start to work
12) Tune back the spindle speed to 0%
13) Connect the parallel cable to computer (if not connected)
14) Follow the instruction of ” MACH3 Setup” section
15) Press direction key in keyboard to check the motor is working
*make sure to clear the Emergency Stop status, (external emergency stop can be cleared
in hand wheel controller’s “ESTOP” button, soft emergency stop can be cleared in
MACH3 left bottom’s “EMERGENCY” button).
14) If there is any problem, please contact the sales’ representative

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MACH3 Basic Setup:

You should purchase the MACH3 or try the demo version from
http://www.machsupport.com/

1) Setup hardware according section “First Installation”

2) Connect Parallel port cable to PC
3) Connect USB cable (It is must to power on the control board)
4) Go to computer BIOS setup, set parallel port to ECP mode
5) Make sure you are using 32Bit XP, Win2000, 32 Bit Win7 OS with 25 pin printer parallel
port. (USB to Parallel port convertor is not worked).
If you don’t have a printer port, then you can purchase PCI parallel port card with ECP
mode
6) Install MACH3 software
7) Install USB driver for Modbus handwheel control (If you don’t need handwheel work with
Mach3 then you can ignore it)
8) Open Mach3 -> Mill

9) Select “Config”, click “Select Native Units”, and then select mm or inch
Better to choose “mm” as follow

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6) Select “Config”, “Ports and Pins”, choose 25000Hz for stepping motor
Set the correct parallel port number, normally default is 0X378, if you are using PCI card type
parallel port, then it may be different, you can check your correct port address in hardware
device-> ports & LPT.

Follow the below photo’s pinout setting

If you want to invert the axis’s direction, just press the Dir Low Active.

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7) Select “Config”, click “Motor tuning”, select X Axis firstly and set as below photo.
Remember to press “SAVE AXIS SETTINGS” after you modify each axis as below..
REMEMBER to press SAVE AXIS SETTINGS Button
And then press Axis-> Selection on the right hand side, select Y, Z, A and B. Follow the
same steps as X setting.

Steps per mm must be 320, (For MIB Instruments’ CNC3020, CNC3040 CNC6040 model)
For inch is 8128
Velocity can be 0 to 3500 mm per minutes or 137 inch per minutes
Acceleration can be 20 to 400 mm/s or 1 to 16 inch per minutes
Step Pulse better to be 10us, or 5us, too low will lose step. Dir Pulse is 2us

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Continue for Y, Z, A axis setting

8) And then go to Config-> System Hotkeys. You can set the control button of your keyboard.
Default X, Y and Z are set as direction UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN
key. You can then press A/U++ and then press keyboard’s “<”, press B/U-- and then
press keyboard’s “>”, press B/V++ and then press keyboard’s “M”, press B/V-- and then
press keyboard’s “N”.
Then you can use keyboard to control axis’s motor.

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9) And then we can set the SPINDLE motor setting, this will allow g code M3 command to
turn the spindle on and M5 to turn it off
Make sure you have check the SPINDLE to Pin 16, 17 and once you use MACH3 PWM
spindle function, you can’t use the B axis, as the same pin is used:

10) Inside Config-> Ports & Pin -> Spindle Setup follow the below setting in Motor Setup:

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1000Hz is recommended.

11) You can turn the spindle on off by adding command inside G code:
Insert “ M3 S1000” to start spindle with speed 1000, “M5” to stop

Run a demo G Code

Inside the CD the G code example has a Chinese word example_gcode_chinese_word.ncc 雕.

I have put the M3 S1000, to start spindle motor and control the speed to 1000.

In this demo G code can then test the X, Y, Z and spindle motor.

1) Turn the rotary switch to PC PWM zone (“Tak” sound is heard)

2) Follow the step in Application Tutorial-> Basic Control in MACH3

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HandWheel Controller

LCD Display:
Axis Position display: +/-000.00mm to +/-999.99mm
Or in inch mode +/-00.000 to +/-99.999 inch

Button:
X/ESC:
a) Press and release to set as X axis control.
b) Press and release to escape or back to normal
c) Press and hold to set X ROLLING mode

Y/<:
a) Press and release to set as Y axis control.
b) Left direction button at Memory mode
c) Press and hold to set Y ROLLING mode

Z/>:
a) Press and release to set as Z axis control.
b) Right direction button at Memory mode
c) Press and hold to set Z ROLLING mode

A/Ent:
a) Press and release to set as A axis control.
b) Confirm button in Memory mode
c) Press and hold to set A ROLLING mode

Zero:
a) Press and release to set current position as zero

Back to Zero:
a) Press and release and all axis motor will move back to zero position

Divide to half: (HC mode only)

a) Motor will move to the current position/2, for example now is 10.00mm position of X.
then X axis will then move to 5.00 mm position

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Speed:
a) Press and release to set speed to X1->X2->X5->X10->X20

Spindle On Off:
a) Press and release to switch the spindle on off (if you tune rotary switch to MACH3 PWM
mode, need the M3 Mach3 code enable the spindle firstly)

Auto Check:
a) Press and release to switch the AutoCheck function, PC mode will use the marco inside
MACH3, in HC mode, it will use the embedded program inside microprocessor

Macro: (PC mode only)

a) Reserved for user development by brain and Modbus to trigger a macro inside MACH3

Out1: (PC mode only)

a) Can trigger the Output 1 relay J4 on mainboard,

Play/ Pause: (PC mode only)

a) Start the G-Code and press again to pause, press again to play.

G-Code Restart: (PC mode only)

b) Press and release and restarted the G code to first line

Memory:
a) Press and release and go to memory mode

Estop:
a) Press and release to set or clear Emergency stop
b) Long press for 3 seconds can switch mm or inch mode (restart the controlling box power
after setting)

Hand Wheel Controller Function:

Standard Motion Control:

Select the axis you want to control by press and release the “X”, “Y”, “Z” or “A” button.
Control the selected axis’ stepper motor by rotate the hand wheel encoder. Direction is
controlled by hand wheel rotational direction.

Speed can be set by “Speed” button,

X1 move 0.01mm or 0.001inch for 1 step,
X2 move 0.02mm or 0.002inch for 1 step
X5 move 0.05mm or 0.005inch for 1 step
X10 move 0.1mm or 0.01inch for 1 step
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X20 move 0.2mm or 0.02inch for 1 step

Position will be displayed in LCD, showing 000.00mm to +/-999.99mm

Or 00.000inch to +/-99.999inch
You can set the current axis’s position as zero by press and release “Zero” button.

Position will be memorized and will be recalled on power on.

PC/ HC mode:
PC is computer controlling; HC is Hand wheel Controller mode.
LCD will display “PC Mode” or “HC Mode.
During “PC Mode” hand wheel control axis stepper motor function will be prohibited.
Memory and Emergency Stop function is allowed in both controlling mode.

Memory:
a) SAVE:
In normal operating mode, press and release “Mem” button to Memory mode.
Use “Y/<” and “Z/>” button to scroll the mode to SAVE -> MANUAL -> LOAD -> LOOP, and
choose SAVE mode, press “A/Ent” to confirm the SAVE mode.
And then scroll the M0, M1, M2 or M3, this is 4 memory region, choose the target memory
region and press “A/Ent” to start recording the motion

b) LOAD:
Looping mode will repeat to load the selected memory region.
In normal operating mode, press and release “Mem” button to Memory mode.
Use “Y/<” and “Z/>” button to scroll the mode to SAVE -> MANUAL -> LOAD -> LOOP, and
choose LOAD mode, press “A/Ent” to confirm the LOAD mode.
And then scroll the M0, M1, M2 or M3, this is 4 memory region, choose the target memory
region and press “A/Ent” to load the recorded region.

c) LOOP:
Looping mode will repeat to load the selected memory region.
In normal operating mode, press and release “Mem” button to Memory mode.
Use “Y/<” and “Z/>” button to scroll the mode to SAVE -> MANUAL -> LOAD -> LOOP, and
choose LOOP mode, press “A/Ent” to confirm the LOOP mode.
And then scroll the M0, M1, M2 or M3, this is 4 memory region, choose the target memory
region and press “A/Ent” to start looping the recorded region.
Can press “X/Esc” and go back to normal operating mode.

d) MANUAL:
Can press “X/Esc” and go back to normal manual operating mode.

Emergency Stop:
Will enter emergency stop mode:

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1) Press “EMERGENCY” in MACH3

2) Press “ESTOP” in hand wheel controller
3) Spindle motor overcurrent or abnormal situation is detected
4) Limit switch is triggered

LCD will show “ESTOP” once it is triggered.

While emergency stop, spindle motor, all stepper motors will be stopped.
Buzzer inside the main controller box will beep.
*not recommend to use emergency as stop function; motor will be stopped without normal
deceleration. This will reduce the life of motors and mechanical structure.

Can press again the ESTOP button in hand wheel controller and back to normal

Divide to half:
It is usually to use for finding the center of the material,

Go to point 1 press zero and then go to point2, press divide to half, and then the bit will go to
center.
Be careful that you will need to move the Z axis up by yourself to avoid crash.

Final Point

1 2

Back to Zero:
Press and hold the “SPEED” button for 3 seconds.
All axis motor will move back to the zero point according the hand wheel’s zero display
*Position on hand wheel and Mach3 is not correlated. If you need to move back according
MACH3 position, you need to press back to zero in MACH3

Rolling:
Press and hold the “X”, “Y”, “Z”, “A” button for 3 second, LCD will display “R” in corresponding
axis.
The axis stepper motor will move forever in constant speed. There are 4 speed selections by
press and release the “Speed” button.
Can control clockwise, counter-clockwise or stop by rotate the hand wheel, rotate
counter-clockwise 1 step to have counter-clockwise rotation, rotate hand wheel one step
clockwise to stop, etc.

Limit Switch:
At X, Y, Z axis, are installed 2 mechanical limit switch on both side. Once it is triggered,
controller will send out limit switch triggered signal to PC and whole system.

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The triggered axis will drive back around 5mm immediately; this action can prevent crash,
accident on human and release the limit switch.
*Reset the zero position is necessary once limit switch is triggered.

MHC2 Handwheel pendant MACH3 setup

Modbus communication and Mach3 brain control

1) Install the control box USB driver, you can install the driver CH340 exe file inside CD
2) And then plug USB cable to control box
3) You will then find a serial COM port at My Computer->hardware device you will see a COM &
LPT, a com port is marked CH340. Remember the port number.
The port number usually won’t change if you always use the same USB port
4) Copy and paste the MHC2_Brain file from CD to C:\Mach3\Brains, if no Brains folder is found ,
you need to create one
5) Open MACH3 and you can go to PORTS & PINS and check ModBus InputOutput Support and
ModBus PlugIn Supported

6) Close MACH3 and open again

7) Function Configurations-> Setup Modbus Serial Control:
Fill in all the parameter as below, ***FOR COM PORT NUMBER*** please enter the number
you found in hardware device at step 3)

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Port number maybe different, check

in computer hardward device

8) Press TEST MODBUS and fill as below (COM number use what you found) and then press
OPEN to open port, press Read to check the modbus is normal or not.
If ok, It will show NO ERROR and you will get number from modbus. Once you lost the
connection between MACH3 and handwheel, you can enter this TEST MODBUS mode to
reconnect.

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9) Press OK, and the press Apply and OK again. The serial Modbus is ready, then we will go to
MACH3 brain control, brain control will then link all handwheel button to relevant MACH3
function
10) Go to Operator-> Brain Control

11) Enable the MHC2_brain and then press Reload ALL Brains

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12) You can try to ViewBrain if you are interesting on the modbus commuication
13) Set the step speed for Multi-step or single step mpg mode:

14) Press OK and then you can use HandWheel with MACH3
15) Make sure that HC/PC button on the control box selected to PC
16) And you will see that handwheel in PC mode, the X, Y, Z and A position will sync with MACH3
17) Select X and try to move handwheel, if motor and MACH3 Xposition number moves, then
means the whole communication is ready.

MACH3 MPG setup and calibration

1) Press the TAB on key board you can switch on the handwheel in MACH3, press tab again
to hide.
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2) Select CAL and follow the instruction to set the MPG

3) You can then press OK, at MACH3 handwheel you can select Velocity or Multistep mode.
Suggest to Velocity mode for smooth control, for precision control you can choose multistep, but
it doesn’t provide accleration or deceleration in MACH3. Multistep may cause lose step.
6) You can then enter MPG Feedrate to 3000 and then press enter
7) Try to move your handwheel and see check the motion is smooth or not.
8) After that you can press TAB button to hide the mach3 handwheel
9) You can then use handwheel to work

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AutoCheck Mach3 Setup:

1) Copy the M1000 and M1001 macro file to MACH3 file path: C:\Mach3\macros\Mach3Mill
2) Select General Config in Config

3) At “Initiation String” add M1000 to run M1000 macro at beginning

4) Inside Config-> Ports & Pins -> set the OEM TRIGGER 1 as below

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5) Set the OEM code of OEM trigger #2 to 301

6) Make sure you have put the brain control file and setup Modbus (detail at Modbus setup)

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How to use AutoCheck:

Handwheel control only Mode:

1) Switch the control box Handcontrol button
2) Clip the crocodile clips to the engraving bit
3) Place the autocheck under the engraving bit
4) Press autocheck button
5) Z axis will go down slowly and then stop once the bit touch the autocheck
6) And then will go up 10mm or 0.5inch
7) LCD will display 10mm or 0.5inch

Use mach3 macro

1) Switch the control box HC/PC button to PC mode
2) Clip the crocodile clips to the engraving bit
3) Place the autocheck under the engraving bit
4) Press autocheck button to trigger the script of auto check stored at M1001 file
5) Z axis will go down slowly and then stop once the bit touch the autocheck
6) And then will go up 20mm
7) MACH3 will display 20mm

Spindle Motor Controlling:

i) Software Acceleration and Deceleration

Spindle motor card provide acceleration and declaration, increase the motor life and
reduce the rush current from suddenly stop or start.
ii) PWM driving constant speed:
Motor will try to keep the same speed by checking the back EMF of the spindle motor.
Once it is spinning without load and suddenly with load, the motor will keep the same
speed by provide more duty on PWM.
This will allow the user to engrave in slower spinning speed and keep the spinning
speed in constant.
iii) Manual PWM Control:
Tune the rotary switch to variable moving range, and then rotate the VR to set the
target speed
iv) MACH3 PWM Control by G-Code
Tune the rotary switch to switch off mode, you will hear “TAK” sound, and then you
enter MACH3 spindle control mode.
If you use this mode, you must sure that the G-code include M3 to start spinning the
spindle motor: Example:
M3 S1000 “M3 start spinning and S1000 set the speed
Spindle card will read the PWM from Mach3 and regenerate the PWM with
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acceleration, deceleration and overdrive protection.

v) Overdrive protection:
There is two protection for the spindle control card, one is overcurrent another is
overpower, once it is triggered, it will stop the motor and go to emergency stop
mode
This will protect the spindle from crash and protect the control card.

vi) AC 800W or higher watering cooling spindle motor:

You will need AC motor driver card to replace the DC motor driver card, and also need
the other control box to drive the high power AC spindle motor up to 800W or more

Stepper Motor controlling

Stepper Motor card is using Toshiba TB6560 3A high power stepper IC, each card is marked X, Y, Z
or A.
Microstepping is set to 1:8
This combination can provide high torque and high speed controlling.

Limit switch Protection

X, Y, Z axis Limit switches anti-crash function, once limit switch is triggered, the machine will
automatically drive back 5 mm and enter emergency stop mode, prevent crash accident. You
can press ESTOP button on Handwheel or switch HC/PC button on control box to back to
normal.

If you find there is noise come out to trigger limit switch, you can setup debouncing/ noise
rejection inside the general configuration:

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Water cooling terminal

The water cooling terminal provides 12VDC 0.8A power to drive the water pump and fan.
Connection as follow:

Output Relay (OUT 1)

Output relay is a 3A 110/220V AC relay.

On the main board there is a 3PIN socket JX
1st pin and 2nd pin is relay NC normal close and 2nd pin to 3rd pin is NO normal open.

Default factory will plug to NO.

Related parallel port is pin number is PIN 1

Signal is active high to trigger the relay

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Application Tutorial

Basic control in MACH3

Gcode import:
1) At file-> Load Gcode
2) Make sure that the machine is in origin position; you can use handwheel or keyboard to
move the unit to correct X, Y, Z position. And then press ZERO to zero the X, Y, Z and 4
position

3) Press Cycle Start button to start the G code

4) If you find there is any problem, you can then press Stop, and then press GOTO ZERO button.
Press Rewind, and press Cycle Start to restart again

5) In between engraving procedure, you can set the feed rate to control the machine speed

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6) If you find that there is some losing step, you can set lower feed rate or lower acceleration in
Motor tuning.

How To generate G Code From 3D graphics

There is lot of software can do this. (Below software as tutorial reference only)

- MASTERCAM http://www.mastercam.com/
- LAZYCAM http://www.machsupport.com/
- CAMBAM http://www.cambam.info/
- Skeinforge http://fabmetheus.crsndoo.com/

How To generate G Code From photo

There is some software to do this: (Below software as tutorial reference only)

- PhotoVcarve http://www.vectric.com/products/photovcarve.html
Reference graph from PhotoVcarve:

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How To make prototype PCB

There is some software to do this: (Below software as tutorial reference only)

- CopperCam http://www.galaad.net/coppercam-eng.html
Reference graph from Copper Cam:

You will need a gerber file then you can route a prototype PCB

How To convert CNC to 3D printer

1) You will need to purchase a 3D printer extruder and 3D printer heating controlling M3D from
us.
2) Replace the spindle motor by extruder
3) Use skeinforge to convert 3d graphic to g code
4) Import G code to MACH3
5) And then you can build like this:

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You can download or check the detail in our website www.mib-tech.com

Frequency Asked Question

Limit Switch is triggered in noise:

You can setup the debouncing and noise rejection in general configuration of MACH3
Please check the topic “Limit Switch Protection”

Stepper motor is not moving:

1) Check the cable of the stepper motor
2) Check the parallel port
3) Power off
4) Plug and unplug the cable for few times to remove eroded particle.

Machine X, Y, Z will move without controlling:

1) For 800W AC spindle motor type, please check all cable connector nut is screw tightly.
We used shielding cable for critical part, if not screw the nut tightly, shielding will lose it’s
usage
2) Electricity must have ground line

Stepper motor move wobbling:

1) Engraving material is too hard or too depth on each engraving step
2) Check the cable of the stepper motor
3) Check the parallel port
4) Power off
5) Plug and unplug the cable for few times to remove eroded particle.

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Spindle motor is not moving:

1) Check the cable of the spindle motor
2) If you are authorized electronic engineer or technician, you can follow the below
instruction:
a) Unplug the electricity cable
b) Open the controller case
c) Check that there are 3 fuses on the main board, 1.5A, and 2 pcs 10A.
d) Replace the melted fuse
e) Double check is there obstacle or loosing socket and cable inside the controller box.
f) Follow the FIRST INSTALLATION instruction and try again.

3) Spindle motor is consuming part; there is a carbon brush replacement. Power off,
Remove the spindle motor, unscrew the spindle motor, and replace the carbon brush.

Mach3 can’t control the machine:

1) Follow the instruction of MACH3 setup again.
2) Your parallel port setting is not in ECP mode, please set the parallel port to ECP mode in
BIOS setup
3) You are using USB to parallel port adapter: It is not supported to use USB converter, or
you can try to purchase “smoothstepper” converter from third party
4) The parallel port socket is eroded, plug and unplug few times and try.
5) Can change a new parallel port cable and try again
6) Uninstall the MACH3 and install again
*Detail can check the forum of MACH at www.machsupport.com

How to convert CAD drawing to G code?

There is lot of software can do that, MASTERCAM, LAZYCAM, VCARVE, etc.
Detail can check http://www.machsupport.com/ there is a detail support video tutorial.

Using Mach3, the stepper motor direction reversed and move wobbling:
1) Follow the instruction of MACH3 setup again.
2) Don’t power the computer during the MACH3 software is not closed, non-properly close
the MACH3 software may lose the setup in MACH3

Memory is missing:
1) Try again save and load instruction
2) User may press save to the memory region accidently, and deleted the original memory

Hand controller can’t power on:

1) Make sure you have plugged the cable to main controller box
2) Follow the step on “Can’t power on the controller box”

Routing dimension and scale is not right

1) Please check that you are choosing “MM” or “INCH” in MACH3

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2) Check the cable of X, Y, Z and parallel port.

3) Power off
4) Plug and unplug the cable for few times to remove eroded particle.

Always show ESTOP or Emergency Stop

1) Please check the limit switch is triggered or always pressed, if yes, please move the
machine to non-pressing mode.
2) If you are using PC mode, please check that hand controller is showing “ESTOP”, if yes,
press “ESTOP” to cancel. And in MACH software press “EMERGENCY’ back to normal
3) If you are using Hand Controller mode, please check that hand controller is showing
“ESTOP”, if yes, press “ESTOP” to cancel.

Can’t power on the controller box

1) Please check the electricity is plugged
If you are authorized electronic engineer or technician, you can follow the below
instruction:
1) Unplug the electricity cable
2) Open the controller case
3) Check that there are 3 fuses on the main board, 1.5A, and 2 pcs 10A.
4) Replace the melted fuse
5) Double check is there obstacle or loosing socket and cable inside the controller box.
6) Follow the FIRST INSTALLATION instruction and try again.

Can use third-party hand wheel or use this hand wheel on other machine?
No. This system is self-developed, and not compatible with other branch of machine,

Why memory load time will be more than the actual saving time?
The system will re-calculate the motion, so normally will take 5% to 8% time more than actual.
For example, a 100s motion saving, loading may need around 108s.

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Appendix

Third Party Development Information:

Parallel Port Pin Assignment:

Step and Pulse should be 5us width or more

Pin Function Input /Output

1 Main Motor Enable (Reserved) Input
2 X Stepper Motor Pulse Input
3 X Stepper Motor Direction Input
4 Y Stepper Motor Pulse Input

5 Y Stepper Motor Direction Input

6 Z Stepper Motor Pulse Input
7 Z Stepper Motor Direction Input
8 A/4th Stepper Motor Pulse Input

9 A/4th Stepper Motor Direction Input

10 Emergency Stop Output
11 Y Limit Switch Output
12 Z Limit Switch Output

13 Auto Check Input

14 Enable Input
15 X Limit Switch Output
16 B/5th Stepper Motor Pulse Input
17 B/5th Stepper Motor Direction Input

18 to 25 Ground -

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