Anyone Using Teknic SST-1500 Servo Control?

[CJL5585]

Was wondering if anyone was using the Teknic SST-1500 series servo controller. They are also sold as a Daymarc P/N 639-528. I have all the documentation, but would be interested in discussing the use of this controller with servos and encoders.

Jerry

[ESjaavik]

I have 3 of them, but haven't gotten around to hook them up. One reason is I have only a couple of very small motors for them. And it seems that motors with encoder+hall and suitable for that low voltage are not easy to come by.

[CJL5585]

I have been trying to find some motors and encoders, and contacted a friend of mine who might have some of them. I will know in a few days.

I have 4 of the controllers and was looking for some servo's that would work with the units so that I could possibly test them out for a future project.

Jerry

[jimbo]

I also have several used ones. Havent had the chance to hook them up. You can use any brushed or brushless motors that fits the specs. I have gotten two teknic brand motors off ebay. Also have bought some of the cheap servos and some ebay renco 500 ppr encoders, but they are waiting to be assembled.

my new cheap servos

Do you plan to make the cables for the motors and encoders as shown in the manual?

[CJL5585]

I have a friend in Idaho who has a couple of wiring harnesses for the Tekinc drives and he is shipping them to me. He offered to lend me a factory servo, but I am putting this project on hold for the present time. I am going to finish my existing CNC first, then venture on to these other projects.

Thanks guys for the input.

Jerry

[ESjaavik]

IJ who have left this forum used these drives to run a BP-clone quite successfully.
So using suitable motors, they should be good for most hobby uses and a good deal of professional uses too. I think he used 750W Silverline motors. Anyone that can remember this better than me?

[Chuck Steed]

I have 2 machines that I use the SST-1500 Servo controls with and am very pleased with them.

[rpm mill]

We build commercial machines that use these drives. Do you have the 1500UCx or 1500TCx there is a big difference?

[captain_chaos]

I have 4 SST-1500 ACX Drives, 4 TG540 Trajectory Generators and a NC-540 Network Controller, 3 Teknic M2330 Servos and a M1726 Servo.

It seems to be a very nice system but i dont know how to control them.
I`m not a programmer...
One way could be to connect only the SST 1500 to software like Mach2 via LTP and Step/Direction ?
Or does somebody know how to control the system via the NC 540?
With what kind of software, ?

Thanks for any ideas,

Andy

[kburn]

I am looking for teknic sst-1500 ucx's if anyone would like to sell some! I have a project that I would like to try them on.

Thanks,
Kevin

[victors]

Hi,
I have significant Teknic experience so if you are looking for information I can help. These drives and motors are very good and it really comes down to using them correctly to get the best performance. Post your questions. If you would like to get some drives to try I might be able to tell you where to get them too.

[carlcnc]

Chip Sweeper,

I am about to instal 2 SST1500 UCX drives on a large gantry with ac servo on each side
is there a way to "slave" the drive outputs?,I think some people refer to this as "follow"
thanks
Carl