Assembly Instructions MINI Control Scope of delivery Rubber foot Housing MINI Control Adhesive base for Connector panel cable ties Stepper motor power Cable tie 3,6 x 200 mm stage Sticker Motherboard Fuse 2 A slow (T 2A) IO module 10 A slow (T 10A) Wire cable, ready-made 0.5 mm²...
Assembly Instructions MINI Control Spacer nut M3 Cylinderhead screw inside outside 18 mm DIN 7985 M3 x 6 inside outside 20 mm Washer DIN 125 Spacer nut M3 inside inside 10 mm Ø M4 Ø M6 Toothed washer DIN 6797 Pan head screw Ø...
Assembly Instructions MINI Control Fan and switch For this section you will need: 1 Fan Set 4 Fan screw 1 Main switch • Mount the fan to the housing using the fan screws as shown in Figure 4. Note The fan should blow into the case. The flow direc- tion is marked with an arrow on the edge of the fan.
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Assembly Instructions MINI Control Functional grounding (FG) For this section you will need: 1 Flachkopfschraube M4 1 Flachkopfschraube M6 Attention! 1 Scheibe M4 Make sure there is good electrical contact between 1 Scheibe M6 the earthing screw connections and the housing...
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Assembly Instructions MINI Control Assembly of the modules Motherboard („MiniBOB“) For this section you will need: 1 Motherboard 4 Cylinderhead screw M3 x 6 4 Spacer nut M3 x 18 2 Spacer nut M3 x 20 1 Fuse 2 A...
Assembly Instructions MINI Control Antriebsmodul For this section you will need: 1 Drive module 7 Cylinderhead screw M3 x 6 1 Fuse 10 A 1 26-pin ribbon cable • Mount the drive module Zylinderkopfschrauben wie in Bild 11 gezeigt. • Connect the main circuit board and drive...
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Assembly Instructions MINI Control IO-Module For this section you will need: 1 IO-Modul Spacer nut M3 x 20 1 14-pin ribbon cable • First, screw two more spacer nuts onto the still open spacer nuts on the main circuit board (next to the drive module, see Fig.
Assembly Instructions MINI Control Final assembly Connector panel For this section you will need: Pan head screw • Mount the connector panel to the back of the case with pan-head screws Note Pay attention to the inside nuts of the cable glands.
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Assembly Instructions MINI Control Wiring For this section you will need: 7 Adhesive base for cable ties 7 Cable tie 2 Wire brown 2 Wire black 3 Power adapter 36 V • Attach the adhesive bases as shown in picture 21.
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Assembly Instructions MINI Control • Motors and reference switches Prepare the cables coming from the machine by stripping about 5 cm of the sheath after cutting them to length. Twist the braided shield and apply shrink tubing to protect against any loose wires.
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Assembly Instructions MINI Control Preparing the power stages Before installation, the output stages must be adap- ted to the stepper motors used. The eight DIP swit- ches must be set correctly for this. Example: For the motor set offered by Sorotec for the Hobby Line with a rated current of 4.2 A, the following posi-...
Options Switchbox The switch box (EZB.MINI.SBR.01) is optionally available in the Sorotec shop, with the help of which 230 V can be switched externally via a 24 V signal. Useful e.g. for the operation of a minimum quantity lubrication or a chip extraction (designated indiscri- minately with „Cooling“...
Assembly Instructions MINI Control LED Module Fig. 32: Built-in LED module from inside Fig. 31: Status LEDs show the operating status The optional LED module is used for optical signaling of various switching states, such as emergency stop or spindle ON. The meanings of the individual LEDs are already marked on the sticker on the front.
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Assembly Instructions MINI Control Drive module extension With the drive module expansion, the controller can be expanded to include slots for two additional step- per motor output stages. The function of the additio- nal channels is determined with jumpers on the main circuit board: Either ...
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• Put the jumper for AUXS on OPT1 (see circuit diagram sheet 8 and 9) Sorotec declines all responsibility for damage cau- sed by incorrect or improper connection of milling • If necessary, reassemble the removed modules.
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