JY5300 MHC2

2015-04-30 fromthewood

JY5300-2 CNC controller with MHC2 handwheel pendant

This setup is tested with:

• LinuxCNC installed from LiveCD? v2.6.7
• mini-mill machine X 200mm, Y 300mm, Z 100mm
• 300W spindle motor OR MC3D extruder

Configuring

• Place the file upload:jy5300.stepconf in the ~/linuxcnc/configs directory
• Start LinuxCNC Stepconf wizard
  • Open the jy5300.stepconf file
  • change parallel port setting according your PC
  • Save settings
• Replace the ~/linuxcnc/configs/jy5300/custom.hal with upload:custom.hal
• Place the upload:mb2hal.ini file in ~/linuxcnc/configs/jy5300/
• Change the serial port setting in the mb2hal.ini file according your PC.
• compile and install the ilowpass2 HAL component
  • open a terminal window
  • go to the directory where upload:ilowpass2.comp is located
  • Give the command: sudo comp --install ilowpass2.comp

Implemented functionality

The currently implemented/configured functionality of the MHC2 handwheel pendant:

• Display the position of X, Y, Z and A axis
• selection of a axis for jog
• jog speed selection
• jog wheel
• OUT1 (switching the OUT1 relay)

Connecting

Connect both parallel and USB cable with the PC.

• Parallel: for the control of the machine.
• USB: supply voltage for the opto-isolator of the parallel port and for the serial modbus interface with the MHC2.

Have fun!