Omron Differential Encoder Overview & Wiring to Adafruit Connector

There was discussion about the Omron E6B2-CWZ1X Incremental Iinedriver encoder from an Ebay vendor out of China. I ordered one to test. In this video, I unbox and wire it up to an Adafruit DB9 breakout board with hood to get it ready to connect to Centroid CNC's Acorn CNC motion controller

[MrFernandoBedoya]

hey... thanks a millon for this video. Usually we don't have enough information about a product when watching them on eBay.

[JeffBlack]

Will this encoder work with a Centroid OAK Board? Is the wiring the same in OAK.
Thanks,
Jeff

[airgunningyup]

well thank god someone made this video, excellent, , some of the incremental units come with 5 wires, I assume those will not work

[infinityinfinity]

Why are there 6 phases in omron CWZ1X but there are only 3 phases in all other omron models?

[FrancoCNC]

Thanks. Nice overview. I just ordered one for a 7" mini-lathe. I plan to run it off of a gear. There won't be much in the way of radial forces - hopefully it work work.

[choco]

How much did you pay for this, all the omron knock offs i got are muck, theres isnt even a slotted disk inside. I paid about 20 euro for them

[drnda]

I don't think you can tell if this is original Omron or knock off just by testing, You'd need both and opened. I got similar one except it is 100p/r. Was working fine but during testing I've managed to reverse voltage polarity and then it exploded. I've opened it and 22uF capacitor exploded and about 5 small SMT transistors with only LY marking on them .. so impossible to tell what they are. According to manual, those encoders have reverse polarity and sc protection. This one obviously didn't have it. I could not find picture of original Omron encoder to compare. I've seen some that had two circular PCB inside, this one has only one. It has two small voltage regulators, quad comparator and each output have three SMD transistors. Ones that didn't blow are NPN and manual shows PNP but there are other two that I could not test as they blow up. I am sure I could fix it but cannot tell what transistors are.

[MrPatdeeee]

What you gave was great. I also need to know how and where, the encoder fits in; in the whole scheme of thing. A real novice I am. So I hope you will make a video showing an installed and working encoder. Also please explain the "line" vs total PR. It get confused in 2, 000 becoming 8, 000.

Finally what programming is necessary for the encoder to end up controlling the lathe's chuck RPM. Or controlling the spindle speed on a Mill if that is possible.

Thanks