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Galil / Limit Issue

« on: June 19, 2019, 05:30:36 AM »

Hi guys,

Having a strange issue with a Router which we have built that has a Galil DMC 4080 on it and Mach 3.

It lets us jog all three axis in one direction but if we try to jog in the other direction it just always says we aren't allowed due to a limit.

It's odd as it's not the Galil 22 error that usually comes up and the limits clearly aren't active so I'm guessing its a soft limit type issue but not really sure why. It just seems odd how if you jog in a positive direction, it would let you go back to where you have come from if it was a soft limit.

Any ideas would be very much appreciated.

Jack W

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Galil / Using Galils Amp enable pins

« on: August 25, 2013, 04:35:04 AM »

Hello there,

We are still trying to get our kitamura going and have been tidying up many loose ends. We are struggling to work out how to use the amp enable signals as i have read that we are not able to draw more than a few mA from these outputs. This is not enough to drive the relays we are trying to operate as they draw around a hundred mA to excite. Does anyone have any clues about how to do this?

Thanks

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Galil / Kitamura T-12 with Galil DMC-1840 and Contec I/O Setup

« on: May 19, 2013, 03:01:15 AM »

Hello,

We are trying to setup a Kitamura T-12, that has already been setup using a Galil DMC-1840 pci card and a Contec 16 I/O card. It has the original DC motors and includes the automatic tool changer. The machine was fully functional with the current setup, but was decommissioned. We have since purchased the machine, and are attempting to get it running. Apparently the machine was removed in a running condition, so should be fairly simple to get going again? Everything is still there except the computer, however we have the original cards from it.

We are using a fresh computer to run the machine, running windows XP. We have successfully installed the PCI drivers, DMC Smart term and Mach 3 Trial to get us going.
All of the software recognises the controller fine. We have installed the Contec drivers, but not the Contec Mach plugin?

We have powered the machine up, and we are unsure where to go to from here, as far as moving axis or downloading the data that was burnt to the pci card when it was last running.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.