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SmoothStepper USB / Re: smoothstepper losing communication

« on: February 05, 2010, 04:29:09 PM »

You went a little further than I did.  I had the exact same problem, and my solution was to wrap my USB cable around/through a ferrite bead.  I also wrapped the DC wires going to my VFD's around/through a second ferrite bead.  One other thing I did was I added a 10uF cap to the +5VDC and 0VDC terminal on the SS board.

Hope this helps some too.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Axis Offset

« on: October 21, 2009, 05:38:22 PM »

Just because nothing in life is as easy as what I would like,  how about independent control of both the z and c axis?  So THC for the C axis too?

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VB and the development of wizards / Axis Offset

« on: October 21, 2009, 03:48:14 PM »

My CNC machine is used for putting a texture on wood siding and such the like.  My main problem is having my spindle dig too deep or too shallow into the piece of wood, mainly from a defect like bow or crook.  I would love to have some sort of THC for this, but I need to get this going for the boss so I am going to try to fix a hardware problem with software. 

Is there a way to do an axis offset while the program is running?  So lets say the operator notices that the spindle is digging in too much, hit a button that adjusts the offset by + 0.05" without stopping the machine? 

I have thought of having a button that executes a VB code to pause the machine, move the z-axis to +/- 0.05, re-zero it, and then continue, but I would like to know if it's possible to do without stopping.

Thanks in advance!

Ryan


P.S. I didn't know if this is the right form or not.

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SmoothStepper USB / E-Stop issue

« on: October 16, 2009, 07:57:43 PM »

Hello all,

What a deal for a Friday evening!  So what I have is a SmoothStepper connected to a C17 Master Control from CNC4PC, and also a C14 Dual relay board.  Everything works wonderful, all my axis's work, and everything else is going great until I turn off my coolant relay.   Every time I do that it trips the e-stop circuit of the C17 which stops everything!

Is there anybody else who has came across something like this? 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Ryan

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: 6-Axis SS Problem

« on: August 10, 2009, 07:02:26 PM »

Ok,

I have narrowed it down some.  It seems that when I set Port 2 Pins 2 - 9 as outputs, they don't actually become outputs...  Anybody else seen this?

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: 6-Axis SS Problem

« on: August 10, 2009, 05:47:47 PM »

Well, hmmmmm....

I am using a C25 BOB from CNC4PC ( http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/product_info.php?cPath=33&products_id=187 ).  Could this cause some of the problem?  I have their C17 Master Control, and C6 Variable Speed controller working great.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: 6-Axis SS Problem

« on: August 10, 2009, 05:26:37 PM »

Just hooked it up again, and same problem.

What about the port 3 pins being powered?  I don't have anything connected to them and I'm getting right around 2.5v at each terminal.... I thought they were used as "IN" only?

Thanks again for all the help!

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: 6-Axis SS Problem

« on: August 10, 2009, 05:13:42 PM »

Tried powering from an external 5V (remembering to shift the jumper)

Hood

Is there any benefit from using the +5v external power?  For my outputs, I have my 6 axis's (step and direction), 2 outputs (mist and flood), Spindle (step and direction).  16 outputs might seem like a bit for USB...

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: 6-Axis SS Problem

« on: August 10, 2009, 05:10:50 PM »

I was just reading over my post and forgot to mention that I did that too.

Thanks for the quick reply though!

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SmoothStepper USB / 6-Axis SS Problem

« on: August 10, 2009, 04:52:53 PM »

Hello all,

I have read every topic in this group to see if I could find any info on the problem that I am having.  I purchased a SS + some BOB's about a month ago for replacing a controller on a machine we have here at work.  Right now I've got about 90% of the wiring done, and I'm testing/fixing the problems as they come up.  So far everything looks to be working as it should (at least on the bench).  

My problem is that the SS will only output 1.6v when I activate a output.  Everything else is working, I get good resolution on the charge pump (connect to a C17 Master Control), and from what I can tell all the axis's are looking good when connected to an oscilloscope.

Also, one more thing is that all of the Port 3 pins are active, as in they have voltage on them, and the diag window confirms this.  They don't have any thing connected to them though....

I am running the SmoothStepper Beta2 Ver 0.015obg plugin.  

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Ryan