#GECKODRIVE G540 MANUAL SOFTWARE#
All very simple.įor the conversion, I plan to use Mach3 for the CNC control software and a SmoothStepper. So, to solder a joint, the base moves the gantry to the correct X,Y,Z position, then the Soldering unit is commanded to perform one of the 30 soldering cycles. 1 line to receive an error signal from the unit.1 line to receive the end pulse once the soldering operation is complete.1 line to sent the "Start" pulse to the unit.5 lines are used to select which of the 30 sdoldering blocks (pre-programmed soldering operation) is to be performed.In brief, the control of the soldering module via the external interface is In addition to the pendant the soldering unit has a external control cable that plugs into the main base. The soldering unit that attaches to the gantry along with its controller and programming pendant will be used "as is". The video below shows the machine operating under the existing inbuilt software. Once it receives the acknowledgement back, it carries on.
The base unit selects the profile it wants and tells it to do it. Each profile has 9 or so different parameters that define the soldering cycle. The soldering head has 30 different soldering profiles. You need to position the head so that the iron contacts both surfaces of the joint precisely.
The air pressure controls the contact force. When the robot is soldering, the soldering tip moves down by a pneumatic actuator. It works OK but is very tedious to program. You move the head to a point, then select the soldering block you want to execute. The 2nd part is to program the base X/Y/Z movements with the other pendant. These different profiles are called Blocks. First, the head is programmed with all the different soldering profiles, including The base also has it's own teach pendant which is used to program the movements of the base unit.Ĭurrently the machine is programmed in 2 parts. As the soldering head is a separate module, it has it's own teach pendent which is used to program the automated soldering cycles in it. The Robot is basically a 3 Axis X/Y/Z platform base with an automated soldering head module mounted to the gantry. It was purchased as a 2nd hand machine and pulled out of a production environment. The soldering robot is pictured in the image to the right. Using Mach3 will allow me to automate most of the programming directly of the PCB drill files. I'm doing the conversion as the current method of programming is manual, laborious and very inefficient. Definitely the lesser of two evils.This article details the conversion of my Fisnar Selective Soldering Robot from its propriety control to th e Mach3 CNC control Software and a SmoothStepper. It's really worth doing the same way as everyone else, and accept that there will be a short learning curve to climb. Forget any CAM software, unless you want to draw everything as a mirror of the desired object so that it comes out right on the machine. What you are trying to do is set up a left-handed coord system, and you are going to be out of step with the rest of the world. Everything - and that means everything - assumes a right-handed coordinate system. However, if you think that you might addle your brain to do it the "conventional" way, then you are going to get double-addled with spots on if you then want to use any CAM software. are you saying this cant be done? or that home wouldn`t be at machine 0,0?You certainly can set up Mach3 to do that - it's just a matter of setting the "direction" flags appropriately in Mach3. I would like my top left corner to be my 0,0 and bottom right to be +1000,+750 like a sheet of print, I have used coreldraw like this for so long my tired old brain struggles with anything else.
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