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New from Old / Re: The Sequel - Oh Blimey I bought a CNC Lathe (Beaver TC 20)
« Last post by awemawson on July 10, 2025, 09:54:40 AM »So over the last few days I have checked all 96 input lines by temporarily connecting them one by one to 24 volts and using the PLC inbuilt diagnostic tools to display them on the monitor.
Still a bit of a pain, and involves a lot of walking as the terminations are on one side of the machine with the control panel on the other - and yes it's a long way walking round it that gets 'old' very quickly. Still two days spent and I've convinced myself the ALL the input are working fine - now there are several unused inputs but I decided to test them all:
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Still a bit of a pain, and involves a lot of walking as the terminations are on one side of the machine with the control panel on the other - and yes it's a long way walking round it that gets 'old' very quickly. Still two days spent and I've convinced myself the ALL the input are working fine - now there are several unused inputs but I decided to test them all:
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