Hello!
I have recently purchased 2 older Multicam (Australia) routers. I believe both are circa 2006 production. They are based on AXYZ Corp controllers (AMC0002B) and run on ToolPath. I am planning on replacing the controller with a CNCDrive motion controller and running them on UCCNC. The only under the bonnet CNC experience I have is via building a 4 axis hot wire foam cutter which is driven by a UC100 so I'm hoping for some guidance.
The main reason to do the upgrade is so the machines are no longer reliant on redundant PC technology and OS. Connection to the AXYZ board is via an LRC card which requires a PC motherboard with an 8bit ISA slot which I understand to be difficult to find and becoming more so as time passes. The reason I have decided on CNCDrive and UCCNC is that I found setting up the UC100 and use of UNCNC to be quite straight forward. The machines will be used primarily to make moulds for carbon fibre and fibreglass parts.
So, where to start? I like the idea of the AXBB CNC Controller/BOB Combo and UCR201 Wireless Jog Pendant.
The machine is 3 axis, all three have 2 Phase Stepping Motors by Oriental Motor CO. LTD. (VEXTA PH296-E4.2B). Drivers are IM483 by Intelligent Motion (dip switches seem to indicate they are set to 5 microsteps per step; decimal, 1.8 deg step). I can't tell the make of the homing proximity sensors. The spindle is a H.S.D. 3.8kW, which I believe may be a ES919. The toolholder is ISO30. The spindle is controlled by a Siemens Micromaster 6SE9221-0DC40 frequency inverter.
So the first question I have is does the AXBB seem like a good fit? Second question is where to from there?! I'd like to imagine it's a matter of disconnecting the drivers from the existing AXYZ board and connecting the AXBB controller. I'm hoping to use the existing power supplies, not for cost but to reduce the decisions and opportunities for mistake - pending of course compatibility with the AXBB.
Any comments and pointers will be greatly appreciated! Thank you.