Hurco Tm-5 Retro Fit????????

[skullworks]

No I have not used the Mesa myself as yet.

Currently I'm working on a system based on the Pluto-P board for my personal use.

I have seen several dead Hurco's and all from failed "Dallas Memory" chips that short out after the in-chip lithium battery dies. Cost to repair these boards is high because there was not a pin compatable replacement available and the boards have to be modified to have a replaceable backup battery and different memory chips.

There is a (dead) 1987 KM3 Hurco that has the servomate system that I have been trying to buy... The owner is still "attached" to it since it was the business first CNC mill. Today it serves the function of a storage shelf for extra Kurt vises. ( I'm going to keep trying... )

After reading all the factory manuals I figured out that it would be fairly easy to yank the old Ultimax card rack and keep the servo rack and powersupplies. All limit switches and other wiring are used as is.

Encoder data goes to the mesa 5i20 card and control output back to the amps is from the 7i33 card.

There is another EMC2 user in the UK who has a converted Hurco bedmill, I don't recall which I/O method he used, but he is re-using the original amps and servos. I will ask him to post some details.