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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motors just quit - can't reset

« on: February 04, 2011, 01:48:30 PM »

The jog does not - just inconvient. 

Lived in and flew gliders out of Aboyne, Scotland from 1969 to 1978 - oil business in those days .  Makes me homesick when I think about it.

John Clarke

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motors just quit - can't reset

« on: February 04, 2011, 10:50:12 AM »

After a good cold night it just starting working again.  BTW I could not find an .xml file - only something marked as an xml document.  Is this what you wanted?

Do you know how to make the jog display stay in a selected position as opposed to returning to screen center position?

Seems to me I landed a glider in a field somewhere around Carnoustie some almost forty years when I lived in

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General Mach Discussion / Motors just quit - can't reset

« on: February 03, 2011, 10:34:16 PM »

After checking the x and z axis's, went to checking the y axis - travel (40" / slaved / one ball nut mount kept loose checking against a registration mark - thus no binding).  10000 steps/unit - 80 ips - accel 6 / ran each of the axis at full speed.  Everything working good.

Using jog control now set to 10% and other than small noise change carriage moved smoothly - 15".  Changed to 20% / reversed direction / ran 2" - motors just quit / reset button began flashing.  Could not reset.  Nothing on CNC or computer was touched prior to problem.

Went to diagnostics's page / no yellow flags / checked config / motor outputs / input pins / all same - no changes.  Checked all limit switches - all working showing yellow flags when activated   Won't reset.

Turned power off and checked y axis ball screws - no binding.

If program placed in offline, reset can be activated.

Problem appears to be in the program - I'm lost / need some help - what do I do?

Gyro John