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  1. RoXx0rBoT

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  2. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Backwards or not, flip any axes that are reversed in Grbl Settings when you start testing
     
  3. Chris

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    FYI, ive successfully added plasma cutter torch height control (THC) to the blackbox control system. It is possible to do, but it does require some soldering and modification. If anyone want to know what it entails, let me know and ill post a blurb and some information about it. Don't want to bore anyone without cause :)
     
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    Hello , i made different build using THC but never with the blackbox.
    I'm really interested to know how you did it.
    Regards
    Michael
     
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    Yes lets see it, I tried a while back, but I couldn't get the height control working.
     
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    Do the controller circuits provide partial current after stopping to lock motors? but what is the current lock setting?
    For example with your own CNC belt design
    When changing the cutter, to block the motors, so as not to lose the step
     
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  8. Sean Griffiths

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    Is it possible to drive two sets of dual motors with the Blackbox? I’m looking at a fixed gantry with 1 motor for Y, 2 motors for Z and 2 motors for X.
     
  9. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Yes, if you parallel two motors off one driver, on the axes pair that carries the least load.
     
  10. Sean Griffiths

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    Is it just as simple as installing two sets of wires into the connector?
     
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  11. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Works great yes. As BlackBox has beefy drivers, and our motors are low inductance.
     
  12. Bober55

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    I just got a black box
    I have nema 23 2.8A model 23HS5628 motors
    Is the black box correctly positioned on the potentiometers?
     

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    That rating is a "max" (exceeding it leads to damage of the motor). Follow docs:blackbox:currentadjustment [OpenBuilds Documentation] to dial in the correct current (start running with the factory default, then adjust if even needed at all
     
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    Thank you very much for the clarification
    It's all clear already
    greetings
     
  15. John Davies

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    I think I found it. Is the easter egg still active for the BB and who do I contact if it is.
    John
     
  16. Peter Van Der Walt

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    If you did find it, it would have guided you to the end (; So maybe only half way there?
     
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    Hi!
    I would like to add a security button in order to pause or stope the machine fastly. I think I can use the blackbox door port. Is it true? How to wire the button?

    Thanks
     

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    Instructions in the Docs <== Link
    Cheers
    Gary
     
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  19. jeffmorris

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    That E-Stop switch locks when you hit it and you have to turn the knob to release the lock. It shouldn't be used as Pause/Resume switch.
     
  20. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Estops MUST cut all Power!
    Wire it between the wall, and the power strip: easier option Safety Power Tool Switch
     
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    My own opinion on these is that unless you attach them to the 220 line coming in they are worthless, they are an emergency stop button not a pause button, they are designed to kill 220 volts or 110 volts and nothing more, lately it seems to be trendy that the cnc builders are putting these on the machines but they do not cut the main electricity.

    I believe on the black box there is a door circuit pause button that allows you to use a switch on that which will pause the machine, you will need to check but please dont use this switch, get one with a different colour and label on it, if you want a proper ES get one to cut off all the poles that come into the high voltage CNC so if its 2 phase then DPDT if its three phase then TPTT and make sure you wire it up properly on the HV circuit where it should go to kill all power to the machine and not the low voltage black box.
     
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    Could not agree more!

    People fail to realise how wide "emergency" can be. A runaway move is the least of your worries (and avoidable by soft and hard limits) - what if the PSU is on fire, hand stuck in a router, who knows what can go wrong. E-Stop MUST cut all power, not just to the machine, but all accesories (router, spindle, laser, plasma inverter, dust extraction etc etc) all at the same time!
     
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    as an optional extra to cutting power the E-stop can also switch the 'door' contacts to tell GRBL to stop. Obviously an d essentially with separate contacts to the ones doing the mains voltage (-:

    My own E-stop cuts power to the stepper PSU, but leaves GRBL happily running away thinking it is still cutting >-:
    I must wire in the other contacts to the Estop pins..... but first I want the laser working (-:
     
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    @Peter Van Der Walt Continuing the conversation off my handwheel project, can you pass this along to the team that will be working on the blackbox revisions in the future?

    When the brains board gets a update up the road to 32 bit, which will likely happen someday. They should plan to update the muscle board with diodes that prevent back EMF from flowing to the stepper drivers just in case somebody moves their axis by hand while a motor is attached. Much more likely to happen on a belt driven machine than a lead screw machine. :)
     
  25. Peter Van Der Walt

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    There is actually already a TVS section onboard. Still bad practice :)
     
  26. Tim Waldvogel

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    LOL, then the sub-1 inch I move the axis by hand(wheel) if we have a TVS circuit. Gotta tune the machine without unplugging the motors everytime. :p
     
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    Or square the machine. I had a similar issue. Mine was due to x gantry c-beam wasnt cut square. Shimming it solved the issue. I'm still in the habit of checking every time I home the machine, but its rare that I have to adjust it anymore.
     
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    Bad practice? That must be why every other stepper driver board out there has protection diodes on it. You can't fix stupid, but you can plan for it.

    MG
     
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  29. Peter Van Der Walt

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    As mentioned, we do. See the schematics or look on the muscle board near the motor connectors :)
     
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    Can this be controller via matlab? I need to use it along with some other automated scripts
     

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