Frage Configuration profile of the Stepcraft2 CNC

Hello,

I just finished assembling my new Stepcraft 2 D300. I took the "Parallel Module OEM Package", which comes without control-board nor software.

For the control of the machine, I want to use my UC400ETH ( www.shop.cncdrive.com/index.php?productID=789 ). It is a control-board developed by CNCDrive (same company that is doing the UCCNC software) with the big advantage of being able to control 2 different CNCs over ethernet!

For the control software to work, it needs to have the "configuration profile file" of the CNC we want to control. It is a file with (at least): the Parallel port (D-sub 25) pin assignment; the motors resolution and feed/rotation; the range, speeds and acceleration for each axis...).
For UCCNC, it is a xxxxx.pro file.

I assumed that Stepcraft would share (free download) the "configuration profile" of its machines for the "few" CNC control softwares that exist outthere: Mach3, Mach4, UCCNC, WinPCNC and LinuxCNC. Or at least for the two that are "natively" supported by Stepcraft (UCCNC and WinPCNC).

Unfortunately, Stepcraft do not share it openly... :/ It is only shared on a case-by-case private email basis. Why?...
So here is my 1st question: Since Stepcraft alreasy shares the Operating-instruction.pdf and first-steps.pdf of its CNCs; why not share the Configuration-profile?


My 2nd question: Can a good soul share with me the configuration-profile.pro of the Stepcraft2 D300 with HF500 spindle and tool-length-sensor ? In metric of course ^^.

I tried to configure UCCNC by myself, manually...
One can find the Stepcrafts CNC D-sub 25 pin assignment on the section 6.5.1 in the Operating-manual.pdf ( www.stepcraft-systems.com/images/SC-Service/Anleitungen-EN/Betriebsanleitung-v5-eng.pdf ). In section 6.2 there are the °/full-step of the motor and the mm/rotation of the coupling thread. In section 6.1 there are the travel range of each axis.
But some data is missing, if one wanted to configure a stepcarft CNC by hand. And/Or my knowledges of CNC software are limited... Which leads to my final questions; which may not all have a meaning ><:
- Are all the pin active high (or some are active low)?
- Are the "relay pins" the same as "home pins"? If yes are Relay 1,2,3 related to the limit-switch of X,Y and Z (respectively)?
- If wiring like in page 8 of the mini-assembly-manual.pdf ( www.stepcraft-systems.com/images/SC-Service/Anleitungen-EN/construction-manual_small_summary_v4.pdf ), are the limit-swith on the "positive" or "negative" direction of motion of the motors?
- Where are the spindle control pins on the D-sub25? (since the D-sub 15 only connects directly to the spindel driver, how does one control the spindle via the software?)
- What are the advised homing/maximum speed and acceleration for the D300?

Well, acually found the answer to my 2nd questions and so,e of the 3rds!

Statecraft US distribute (openly) the UCCNC profiles of Stepcarf CNCs: www.stepcraft.us/install

1st step install the profiles and 2nd install UCCNC.
If like me you have a higher version of UCCNC (I have 1.2111 when SC-US gives the 1.2037), do the 1st step in a specif folder (like C:/UCCNC_bySC) skip the second step and just copy the profile and screen in your main UCCNC folder (C:/UCCNC).
You can then load the Stepcraft profiles!

NB: many configuration parameter of the SC profile are hard coded (like the Home speed, acceleration and softlimits), which is a shame. So I actually prefer to create my own profile, inspired by the SC-ones.