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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: YAM-550 lathe retrofit

« on: April 03, 2016, 04:10:35 PM »

I did get the yam running with the Kflop if anyone needs any info I can dig up my paper work.

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Estop Button Pressed Error

« on: April 03, 2016, 02:35:25 PM »

Thanks Pofo for the code. I have tested it and as soon as the probe is contacted I get "Following error limit exceeded on Axis0 SERVO D". This is doing the same as my probe scripts. Maybe Vital Systems gave you a different firmware.

I updated from firmware 6.45 to 9.01 to do rigid tapping only to find out that tapping was removed from 9.01 to add features for Mach4. Now my probe doesn't work. Probably going to contact Vital Systems and see if they can get the files to get back to 6.45

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Estop Button Pressed Error

« on: April 02, 2016, 07:45:59 PM »

9.01 is the latest firmware. Can you post a probe macro then I could see if its something with my macro file.

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: Estop Button Pressed Error

« on: April 02, 2016, 04:09:45 PM »

I too am getting this error when using my probing scripts. I have tried dspmc firmware versions 8.24 8.37 9.01 and they all are giving me the axis error and the estop error.

What did you do to fix this?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: YAM-550 lathe retrofit

« on: February 20, 2014, 09:09:35 PM »

I've been working on the control cabinets and a new paint job on the YAM 550 but I am almost finished and it's time for me to start thinking about the control to purchase.


I have been reading up on KFLOP and I think I could manage getting it to work for me but I'm also looking at the ethernet smooth stepper and some new drives DG4S-16035 for the SEM motors. If anyone has an opinion on which would be the better setup I would like to hear it.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: YAM-550 lathe retrofit

« on: February 02, 2014, 09:37:56 AM »

The drives and servos are working. I was looking at using DSPMC because I have used it before but I think the encoders are single ended so I will have to get some differential encoders for the DSPMC to work.

Does Kflop with Kanalog use single ended encoders? If it will and I went with Kflop with Kanalog I would need to find out the wiring on the encoders.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: YAM-550 lathe retrofit

« on: February 01, 2014, 08:06:29 PM »

Just came across a Yam 550 CNC myself. I would like to know how this retrofit came out. I need to change out the encoders on my machine and would like to know how the Digi-Key P/N: 102-1308-ND encoders you used are working and what did you use for a spindle encoder?

Maybe you have some suggestions for me before I make a bad purchase.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 toolchange for dummies???

« on: October 29, 2013, 08:47:38 PM »

I did get the tool changer working on a 1984 Kitamura but only in clockwise direction. When I tried to go cw and ccw it would miss count the tool because when the motor on the changer stopped sometimes the led signal will be on and sometimes off and this would mess up the tool count.
If any one can add some code to correct the position to check if the led signal is on when it finishes the tool change rotation this would correct the cw cww problem.




'Find shortest route to next tool

ChgTool = (NewTool - SpinTool)

If ChgTool < 0 Then
   ChgTool = (16 + ChgTool)
End If

If ChgTool > 0 And ChgTool <= 16 Then          'in my code here I changed the 8 to 16 so it only goes CW
   Call CW(ChgTool)
   Exit Sub
End If

If ChgTool > 0 And ChgTool > 8 Then
   ChgTool = (-16 + ChgTool) * -1
   Call CCW(ChgTool)
   Exit Sub
End If

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 toolchange for dummies???

« on: November 26, 2012, 11:18:12 PM »

Hello

Does anyone have any code to run a 16 tool changer so it can find the requested tool?
Details are:
16 tool ATC
output for CW
output for CCW
read input that is off and on to count tools

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PoKeys / Re: Need some help with Pokeys and My ATC

« on: November 20, 2012, 11:27:36 PM »

Does anyone have an example VB script working with a pokeys Mach3 IO input? Seeing one would help me understand how it works.

Thanks