Is it true about Galil plugin?

[pointcloud]

Sure...

Me too..

But if I hit ref all before a program is loaded it works every time.. If it is after a program and I hit ref all sometimes it works like a charm and sometimes it don't.

[HillBilly]

Mmmm, That is interesting. Mine seems to do it at any point and then sometimes it works fine??

I am going to try a different PC and see what happens. I am using one of the MachMotion PC's now.

Did yours get better after updating the software to R3.041?

Darek

[Brian Barker]

Hello,
That is odd... Could you please see if you jog before you home if that will fix it? I am thinking that we have a mode in the Galil that is not getting set and jogging may set it

Thanks
Brian

[pointcloud]

Yes and no? But me changing computers would be a headache and a half.....

Brian I will try that as soon as I get time away from my office.pluuuu...

[HillBilly]

Brian,

The travels are long on this machine so we usually jog it close to the switches before homing. When it hangs I have to exit  and restart Mach3 before it will attempt to home again. I have to jog off the home switch at this point to re-home. I am using external buttons through Modbus, brains and OEMButtons to jog, don't know if that makes a difference.

Pointcloud,

I read where you have the PCI card. I am using the DMC-2183 with ethernet connection. Trying a different PC will be allot easier for me.

Darek

[Brian Barker]

That seems odd.. I would think that may be a noise problem.. we could make a bit of code to test the inputs and tell if they ever see the input go high...
Thanks
Brian

[pointcloud]

Just ESC instead of exiting? That way you will not loose positioning? Or your offsets?

Still have not made it back to the shop....

[HillBilly]

ESC will let it jog again but it will not try to home again untill I exit Mach. If I try home after ESC it will not jog until I hit ESC again.

I will check for noise also. I am using the opto board which specs 1mA for input current, approximately 2v but I have found they will trigger at lower voltages.

Darek

[Brian Barker]

Sounds to me like I should be able to fix it in code too.. You should be able to press Escape and have that fix it!...
I need to take the Galil test board down to the router and hook it up.. Could you please tell me what you are doing to make it fail?

Thanks
Brian

[pointcloud]

Wow.. Esc worked for me?

I will be running a part Friday, I hope... So I'll see what happens in my case...