Eagle KM-750..Anilam Crusader GX-M

[ardor]

I entered g1 f1 x1 in mdi.  The DRO goes up, but no movement  of the X axis.  The led's on the bo board twinkle, so it is sending to the pixies.  It looks like the pixies don't like what is being sent.

Ashby

[Hood]

Have you tried increasing the step pulse?
Hood

[ardor]

Upon closer examination I discovered that all the led's were working......except X step.  I called Ed @ cncbuildingblocks and replaced two ICs on his advice.

NOW X IS MOVING UNDER MACH.

Yeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssss.

Two more axis and the spindle and I'll be making chips.

Ashby

EDIT:  I should make it clear that the chips that needed replacing were not faulty out of the box.  My less than informed attempt to wire the power supplies took the chips out.

Ed is a great guy, he has gone the extra mile with me, more than once.

[Chaoticone]

 

Brett

[Hood]

Excellent news.
Hood

[ardor]

Still working with just the X axis, others are disconnected.  I wrote a couple of short programs for X.  Move 0.100 and back and move 1.000 and back.

Moving 0.100 I can get up to about 30 ipm, then the Pixie stops.  Actually that short of a move it probably never gets to the speed commanded.  Moving 1.000 only goes to 21 ipm, the Pixie stops at change of direction.  So I'm capable of 20+ ipm now.  The Pixie is set at it's default as it came out of the box.  If someone could translate some of the Pixie directons in their PDF file into language that I can understand, that would help.  For reference I can understand anything written for someone in the 3rd grade.

When I ran "check config" it said my kernel speed was too hi (45K).  So I reset to 25K, no difference.

I thought I wanted a hi kernel speed to be able to have 400 ipm rapids that the old control was capable of.

Ashby

[ardor]

The drives are servo dynamics.  I called and just got the manual.  It has the default pot settings for the drives.  I put the pots to the default on all three axis.  That eliminated the drift that was present on all three.  So now I have power to X, Y, and Z connected.

Still more to do, running my little move programs will stop the Pixies on any axis.

Ashby

[ardor]

I sent this screen shot to Skyko.
If anyone has thoughts about this, I'd appreciate any input.

Ashby

[ardor]

My Viper drives shipped today.  Should see them next wed or thurs 6/20-21.

When they get here, I'll be BAAAAAAAAAKK.

Ashby

Sold the Servo Dynamics drives, that were in the machine, and the Pixies, on ebay.

[DennisCNC]

Did you get to play with the Viper drives?