Benezan Electronics Triple BEAST User manual

Benezan Electronics
Hard- and software development
Triple BEAST Stepper Motor Power Stage
Commissioning Quick Start Guide
Nicolas Benezan, Stauffenbergstr. 26, 72108 Rottenburg
Phone: [phone] www.benezan-
electronics.de
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Triple BEAST Quick Start Guide
Safety Instructions
This Quick Start Guide is only intended for a temporary test setup with the standard
configuration (4.2A motors, 48V power supply, mechanical reference switches). Be sure to
read the manual completely before mounting the motors on a machine tool or using other
accessories. Have the connection of the power supply unit to the 230V mains supply
carried out by a specialist if you are not trained to do so yourself. Check all connections
carefully before switching on. If you do not understand something, please ask the dealer
where you purchased the product or Benezan-Electronics. No liability is accepted for damage to property or
injury resulting from failure to observe the manual and the statutory regulations. Protect the unit from flying
chips, dust and cooling water. Damage caused by metal chips or moisture will void the warranty.
Commissioning
1. Set the DIP switches on the TripleBeast to the correct motor current.
This is easiest to do if the device is not yet built into a housing. The
adjacent picture shows the setting when you use three identical motors
with 4.2A. Please refer to the printed table or the manual for settings
for other motors.
2. Connect the power supply unit to the mains connection via a main
switch. The main switch must switch off both poles (N and L). Make sure that both the power supply unit
and the control unit housing are connected to the protective conductor.
3. Connect power supply output (48V) and motors according to the following wiring diagram. Make sure that
the polarity of the power supply connection is correct. If you do not use an extra 24V supply, the 48V must
be fed to both supply terminals X1 and "Motor Supply".
4. If the motor cables are shielded (recommended), connect them to the bare 2.8mm flat plugs between the
black terminals. These are conductively connected to the power supply ground and the heat sink.
5. Connect the reference/limit switches (if necessary) and the emergency stop switch. Exclusively for test
purposes on freely rotating motors without mechanical connection to the machine, the emergency stop
M
M
M
Netzteil
48V =
Not-Halt
Referenz/
Endschalter
Verbraucher
L
N

Benezan Electronics
Hard- and software development
Triple BEAST Stepper Motor Power Stage
Commissioning Quick Start Guide
Nicolas Benezan, Stauffenbergstr. 26, 72108 Rottenburg
Phone: [phone] www.benezan-
electronics.de
Page
TripleBeast+BOB-Kurzanleitung_Englisch
(Vereinigte Staaten).docx
23.09.2020
switch may be replaced by a wire jumper. Depending on the danger potential of the machine, it may be
necessary to additionally switch off the motor power supply with the emergency stop.
6. The supply voltage for the consumers switched with the relays (in the picture on the left, N and L) may be
either 230V~ (router, coolant pump) or 24V= (contactors, pneumatic valves). Mains and low voltages must
not be connected to the relays in a mixed way.
7. Check all connections again. Only then plug in the power plug and switch on the device. The motors should
now have holding torque and the upper green LED "Power" should light up. At the side, green "Running" or
yellow "Standby" lights up.
8. Turn off the controller again and connect to the LPT port of the computer. Install the software and make the
settings for the pin assignment of the LPT port. The following shows the configuration of Mach3 as an
example.
Further settings
Ports&Pins Input Signals: XHome Pin 13, YHome Pin 12, ZHome Pin 10, AHome or length sensor
(Probe) Pin 15
Spindle Setup RelayControl: M3 and M4 → Output#1, M7 and M8 → Output#2
Spindle Setup Motor Control: √ Use Spindle Motor Output √ PWM Control, PWM Base Freq. = 45,
minimum PWM = 10%
Motor Tuning: Step Pulse 2µs, Dir Pulse 2µs