Table Of Contents - MachMotion Apollo III Manual

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Table of Contents

1 PART 1: INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 8
1.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 8
1.2 Tool Required .......................................................................................................................... 8
1.3 Reference Diagram ............................................................................................................... 8
1.4 Status LEDs ........................................................................................................................... 10
1.5 Specifications ....................................................................................................................... 11
1.6 Drawing ................................................................................................................................ 12
1.7 Hardware Startup .............................................................................................................. 12
1.8 Software Startup ................................................................................................................ 13
2 AXIS SETUP ................................................................................................................ 14
2.1 Apollo lll Cover Removal ................................................................................................... 14
2.2 Enabling Axes ...................................................................................................................... 15
2.3 Axis Calibration .................................................................................................................. 16
2.3.1 Manual Calibration .............................................................................................................. 16
2.3.2 Calibration Wizard ............................................................................................................. 18
2.4 Backlash Calculation ........................................................................................................... 19
2.5 Reversing Direction ............................................................................................................. 20
2.6 Slaving an Axis .................................................................................................................... 20
3 SPINDLE SETUP ........................................................................................................... 21
3.1 Wiring a Spindle ................................................................................................................ 21
3.1.1 VFD from MachMotion ......................................................................................................... 21
3.1.2 VFD Other Than from MachMotion ................................................................................... 22
3.1.3 No VFD ................................................................................................................................... 22
3.2 Spindle Configuration ........................................................................................................ 23
3.2.1 Spindle Pulley Setup ............................................................................................................ 23
3.3 Turning on the Spindle ....................................................................................................... 24
3.4 Reversing Direction ............................................................................................................. 24
4 LIMITS AND HOMING SETUP ...................................................................................... 25
4.1 Homing Setup ...................................................................................................................... 26
4.2 Soft Limits Setup .................................................................................................................. 27
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