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Hacking Interfacing the Boxford 190VMC
15/09/2014
Long ago this CNC was controlled by a BBC Master from Acorn.
I just found a disk with the software used to control the Boxford 125 tcl lathe that happens to have a very similar electronic board as the 190VMC. To emulate the BBC master on a Windows7 sytem I have used "BeebEm 414"--->http://www.mkw.me.uk/beebem/ and the disk can be downloaded from here: https://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/attach/8f627b29677a61fb/Boxford200K.ssd?part=0.1&authuser=0&view=1
It could be a starting point for decoding the initial handshake to control the drivers. The documentation suggests that it uses standard gcode (ISO)---> http://tturkyilmaz.home.anadolu.edu.tr/dersler/telatturkyilmaz/programlar/cnc/millcamakz/millcam.pdf
Yesterday I was able to connect to the cnc via serial(b:9600 d:8 s:1 p:none) and get its model but could find any code that actually moves the motors.
18/09/2014
DataSheets for the existig electronics
- DS80C310 High-Speed Microcontroller, driving each motor:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwcYiBsr3w5_NWk3LTRhMXI5bUE/edit?usp=sharing
- Lense Speed controllers 530 series Spindle:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwcYiBsr3w5_bzZWSzBPQU5LbjQ/edit?usp=sharing
- GS-D200S 2/2.5A BIPOLAR STEPPER MOTOR DRIVE MODULES
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwcYiBsr3w5_NWk3LTRhMXI5bUE/edit?usp=sharing
- Serial cabling db25 and db9
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwcYiBsr3w5_MlIyRWlRSFA5ejA/edit?usp=sharing
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