As part of an upgrade for my Laguna iQ CNC router, I recently acquired an AXBB-E Ethernet Motion Controller to replace the OEM RichAuto A11E-based controller and A1X I/O board with a more intuitive and full-featured UCCNC-based software control system.

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I'm going to resurrect this post from the dead as I am in the exact same boat and hit the same snag with the limit switches. 

The RichAuto A11 has 3 inputs, one for each limit switch, and the AXBB-E has one. 

Any help would be tremendously appreciated. 

Okay, I've been reading Section 9.3 in the AXBB-E Owner's Manual, and it looks like my initial assumption (which was based on the example wiring diagram shown on page 28) is wrong. It seems like the AXBB-E supports both NO (wired in parallel) or NC (wired in series) type sensors, both in NPN and PNP configurations.

However, this opening statement in section 9.3.3 looks wrong:

"Normally open switches can be connected to the input in a series connection and normally closed switches can be connected to the input in a parallel connection."

That's backwards according to my understanding, unless there's something I'm missing.

Hi,

I recently purchased an AXBB-E Ethernet Motion Controller as part of an upgrade for my Laguna iQ CNC router, to replace the OEM RichAuto A11E based controller and A1X I/O board with a more intuitive and full-featured UCCNC-based software control system.

Now that I've torn things apart, it seems that the Laguna iQ uses Genke BLE17-5F-N1E (NPN Normal Open) inductive proximity sensors for the limit switches, and each had its own input into the I/O board, since NO switches are wired in parallel. Unfortunately, from reading the diagrams in the AXBB-E Owner's Manual, it seems that it only has a single input for limit switches, which means that I would need to replace the NO switches with NC equivalents, and wire them in series. Is this correct?

Assuming this is the case, is the TX-SPC5C going to be the appropriate replacement sensor? Also, while it appears to support 5-24V operation, there's a red asterisk next to this in the product details which makes me curious. The OEM sensors were powered by the 24V power supply; can I power these via the 24V power supply as well?

Thanks and regards,

Steve