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General Mach Discussion / Re: Logitrol and C23 BOB Question

« on: December 26, 2010, 05:46:08 PM »

ARRRRRRRRRR!! 

Unslaved it and it still wont move, I have 27V on all four wires, is there any way I can test for a pulse without a scope?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Logitrol and C23 BOB Question

« on: December 26, 2010, 05:19:45 PM »

Thanks Hood,
 I will unslave it and try that.

Gary

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Logitrol and C23 BOB Question

« on: December 26, 2010, 05:12:26 PM »

How can I jog the A axis to see if it is working, are there keyboard hot keys for that?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Logitrol and C23 BOB Question

« on: December 26, 2010, 05:05:13 PM »

Yes, they are set to the Mfg port diagram. and I did change the A to linear insted of rotory.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Logitrol and C23 BOB Question

« on: December 26, 2010, 04:53:06 PM »

That worked, up to 230IMP Y&Z and 500 X.

I am now trying to get the slaved axis to work. The motor is powered but I am getting no motion.

I don't know what I am doing wrong. I set the slaved axis X to A and rebooted, only the X runs. I messed around with homing and limits, still no movement.

Any Ideas???

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Logitrol and C23 BOB Question

« on: December 26, 2010, 02:45:57 PM »

OK
I am going to bump up the Kernel speed and see what happens.
Stand Back!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Logitrol and C23 BOB Question

« on: December 26, 2010, 01:27:00 PM »

Thanks Hood
Arturo replied on Christmas no less! now there is some support for you!
I was missing one of the two 5V connections that I thought was to power the optional relays.
It was not optional as I thought since it powers the other side of the board. Everything is working now.

Is there anything I can do to get more speed out of my motors? I turned up the velocity in motor tuning but am only getting 130IPM on the Y&Z(ball screws) but am getting 400IPM on the X(rack and pinion). The motors don't seem to spin as fast as I expected. Will turning up the pulse speed increase the motor RPM?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Logitrol and C23 BOB Question

« on: December 25, 2010, 01:36:52 PM »

Scottland!, My wife really want's to go there. She has some distant relatives there.

The manual with the board says I can't have the same pin assigned in more than one place.
Is Mach OK with assigning two inputs to the same pin number? Could it just be the BOB that wont accept that?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Logitrol and C23 BOB Question

« on: December 24, 2010, 07:59:29 PM »

I didn't know that I could use one input for all homes, except the slaved axis I presume. do I have to run a jumper between the pins that Mach is assigned for the homes and limits as it fails if I have the same pin assigned in two places.

I do have two paralell ports however. I will be operating several other options with them though, ( dust collector, spindle coolant, tool changer options ect.

Where are you at that it is colder than Alaska??

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Logitrol and C23 BOB Question

« on: December 24, 2010, 07:42:48 PM »

The board inside the controler has a few connections (4 relays) it also has  4 wires coming out of a DB25 port for XYZ home and PC ground, this seemed strange to me as it was a 5 Axis controller and I need to slave two axises for "X" and will need two more home switches than there are connections to operate??? Therefore the C23 board.

If you are planning a trip to Alaska in the next week or so maybe you can stop by and take a look?  LOL