Hypertherm MAX PRO 200 CNC Connections - Quick Question

Hello guys

I have a max pro 200 Plasma from Hypertherm, which i got used in a CNC machine.
This generator has two cables going to the CNC,
one is the cable that goes to the CNC outputs, which is triggering the arc and probably receiving an ARC OK status.
The other goes to the height controler PHC which i won't use. (I'll build a new system to replace this).

The problem is that the manual is not clear enough. Although "CNC Start" seems pretty obvious and will probably trigger the arc, the other signals aren't so clear.

"CNC Motion" Could this be used as an ARC OK Signal? by closing the relay contact.
"CNC HOLD" What is this supposed to be? Will it "maintain" the arc ON ? so it will be a relay with the same purpous as CNC start basically?

What about the voltage? I will be using a THCAD with voltage divider. can i find any evidence of having a voltage divider built in this system?

Thank you!

I managed to shoot the arc!!

Now i'm trying to do exactly what you said, feed +24v to get arc ok.

Also, im considering to get the arc voltage from the back of the maxpro200 like this. is it correct?
should i wire the ground to the star ground in the plasma cutter?

thank you!

edit: sorry for the extremely poor paint drawing skills.

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Sure, will do next week.

tommylight wrote:

@RDA,
Do you have a high voltage/high frequency pilot arc plasma cutter with CPC?
Open it, se where the voltage is taken from, then come back and edit your last post.

As far as I know the MAXPRO 200 is a high frequency/high voltage start machine
That means on starting, there are many thousands of volts flowing around.
Ther are photos on this forum of a THCAD that has been subject to these voltages and burst into flames on a much smaller machine where the torch voltage was picked up in front of the HF start module.
What Tommy is saying is you must connect the THCAD behind the High frequency module to avoid joining this example of what not to do.