Jianken ATC Install

Show Off! 🎉 Assembly done!
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Almost done wiring up the Jianken ATC spindle. Incredible quality. Cable chains are stuffed!

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Pics of wiring soon.

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Still a WIP, here’s my custom PCB to break out some AUX in’s and out’s, as well as a buffered and protected analog input that reads the spindle’s temperature.

I ordered a 2nd rev after realizing I still need 2 more outputs to properly control my spindle and also MQL and toolsetter clear :wink:

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Tool rack setup and working with toolchanges.

I’ve mostly cloned numbering of macro so that gSender behaves nicely :slight_smile:

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Ohhhhh … tool rack on the side … cool!

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Gotta debug some of the firmware plugins I’ve made. I think one of them might be hanging the CPU overnight.

  1. Reads the Jianken thermistor
  2. Manages the air seal on the spindle
  3. Firmware level interlocks for spindle/drawbars
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Wow. This is epic.

I have the same spindle (but from PwnCNC) and have avoided integration hell by putting off automation of the ATC side of things and instead (awaiting delivery of) the Sienci ATC spindle. Those cable chains do get really stuffed with water lines in them, and you added air too!

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Honestly, I pointed Claude at Sienci’s macros and another repository with some macros and spent some time with it and it basically nailed it all perfectly.

I maybe could have cloned Sienci’s and changed them but was just as happy to do this.

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Curious since you’re modifying our original macros - are you using the template script to make a unique local templates install of your own macros inside gSender using the config tool or just using the SD card util to move it over?

Very cool regardless - I’ll pass this on to Johann, since he’ll be thrill to know people are tweaking his macros

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I saw the JSON/py but glazed over it. I see now it’s not for generating ATC macros (macros as code? :slight_smile: ) but rather for generating a bundle to import into gSender.

I can share my setup, but without my custom breakout board ( GitHub - gcormier/slbaux · GitHub ) I don’t know how useful it is. If the SLBEXTv2 has more stuff broken out, or Sienci releases a standard breakout board, happy to contribute the Jianken ATC stuff.