I've just acquired what I'm pretty sure is a bp boss 5 (has a tape drive)and have a few questions:
1. There is no board in the ERS slot. What does this ERS board do?, can I power up and have any function with the machine without it?, is it required to be in place to use a breakout board (so I can use original step drives and motors for pc control?)
2. A label on the outside of the machine says it was 460v in...anyone have instructions on rewiring the transformer taps and whatever else needs changing for 230? (this may have been done already but nothing inside is labelled so I'm afraid to power it up until I know what voltage it is set up for/or convert it to 230v)
3. Are there operations manual and schematics available on line for this somewhere?
4 I've seen how to get production dates for the manual machines, but mine says cnc747 on the knee...any idea of the age?
Ideally I'd like to get this up and running with its original control to see how well it works before I change over to PC control BOB...any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to cnc but have been doing a lot of reading!
thanks
tom