# CNC xPro\_V5 Controller? **URL:** \ **Category:** Aftermarket Controllers (Unsupported)\ **Created:** [October 21, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/cnc-xpro-v5-controller/16016 "2022-10-21T16:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emsand1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Emsand1](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Emsand1)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/cnc-xpro-v5-controller/16016/1 "2022-10-21T16:16:46Z")
Rookie mistake, but I bought a FoxAlien 4040-xe CNC 4 months ago and compounded that mistake by sinking funds into expanding it’s size and switching to a 2hp VFD water-cooled spindle. Last month, I bought the CNC xPro\_v5 control box and really like it. Pretty impressive specs/features and the 32bit GRBL port is awesome! I’m ever so close to pulling the trigger on the Woodworker X-50, but this being a hobby purchase months after the previous purchases, I’m mentally hoping for an extra kick. Looks like the spindle and CNC xPro\_v5 were simply “pre-purchased” for the X-50 😀 I saw mention of the OpenBuilds black box and how it didn’t offer more than the OF controller while losing homing. The xPro\_v5 allows sensorless homing and StallGuard modes and my VFD Spindle works well with it. I can use my tablet and wireless game controller with this set-up but tend to use my laptop. I have the OpenBuild XYZ 3 wire probe and 40w/10w output Laser all working well. It’s unlikely but anyone using OF AND CNC xPro\_V5? Any insight? # CNC xPro\_v5 Specs: - 24v - 15 Amp Input Power Fuse - Built-in Heatsink & Temperature Controlled Cooling Fan ## Motors - Control up to 4 coordinated axes (XYZA) - Each axis can have 1 or 2 motors each for a total of 8 motors - Dual motors axes can optionally auto square using a home switch and independent control for each motor. - Motor drivers can be dynamically assigned to axes, so a 4 motor XYZA controller could be converted to a XYYZ (dual motor Y axis) without any hardware changes. - Step rates up to 120,000 per/second. - Up to 1/256 Micro stepping (Defaulted to 1/8 for higher Torque). - **Trinamic (SPI controlled) stepper motors are supported including StealthChop, CoolStep and StallGuard modes.** - **Sensorless homing can be used.** **## P** eripherals - Limit/Homing Switches with debouncing - Up to 24v 5A switched output for coolant devices such as 24v DC pumps, solenoids, contactors, or Solid State Relays - Configurable Relay for generic use cases (Plasma trigger, Coolant Pumps, Spindle control, etc) - Configurable Macro input - Z Probe (XYZ) - Safety Door Switch ## Spindles - PWM - RS485 Modus - DAC (analog voltage) 0-10V - Relay Based - RC type Brushless DC motors using low cost BESCs - Laser PWM with power/speed compensation - Easy to create custom spindles ## Connectivity - USB/Serial - Bluetooth/Serial Creates a virtual serial port on your phone or PC. Standard serial port applications can use Bluetooth. WIFI - Creates its own access point or connects to yours. - Built in web server. The server has full featured CNC control app that will run on your phone or PC in a browser. No app required. Telnet sending of gcode - Push notifications (like…job done, get a text/email) - OTA (over the air) firmware upgrades. - SD card (Gcode can be saved, loaded, and run via WIFI) ## Compatibility The xPro-V5 is fully backward compatible with GRBL and can use all gcode senders. ## Customizable - Easy to map pins to any functions. - Custom machines can be designed without touching the main code. - Custom initialization - Kinematics - Custom homing - Tool changer sequences - Button macros (run gcode sequence, etc.) - Custom end of Job sequence - RTOS Real time operating system allows background monitoring and control without affecting motion control performance - Fast boot ---
**Author:** ![wolfkabal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/wolfkabal/32/867_2.png) [@wolfkabal](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/wolfkabal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/cnc-xpro-v5-controller/16016/2 "2023-08-26T03:14:13Z")
Way late to the game here, but I went down this exact path on the xPro\_V5. I had everything mechanically and electrically working. It was the software that ended up losing it for me. I simply couldn’t find anything reliable to interface with the controller and do what I wanted. The CNCjs software works, but it also feels so “cludgy” that it wasn’t inspiring. I tried to reach out to the developer of the xPro\_V5, to request a possible change in the chip they used, as it would be an easy swap to use the one with built-in support for external wifi-antenna, but never heard back, and didn’t see much update on the firmware either. I ultimately abandoned the xPro\_V5 (sitting in a drawer, for perhaps a future project), and went with an Acorn, since I already had experience with them and their software from a previous Grizzly (SIEG SX3) CNC conversion.