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General Mach Discussion / Re: second post and I need help

« on: September 17, 2009, 08:06:12 PM »

Yes I did get it fixed and the machine runs great. What I found was a bad din rail terminal block connection. Drove me nuts for days.
Jimmy

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General Mach Discussion / Problem with homing

« on: June 16, 2009, 07:55:49 PM »

When I try and home my router Z works just fine, then Y homes fine and when it starts to do X it acts like it is just trying to move the X motor and not the A that is slaved to it. The two run together just fine except when trying to home or reference the gantry in X. I have been through everything that I know to check (even though at this time it is not alot) and can not figure it out. I used the video on setting up the switches and soft limits and reviewed  it again to try and make sure I did not miss anything.
Thanks
Jimmy

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General Mach Discussion / Re: second post and I need help

« on: May 26, 2009, 09:55:37 AM »

The stepper drivers are Keling KL-9082. They have plug in connections on them that make it real easy to swap the connections. This way I could just move the motor wiring to the driver for another axis and test the motor circuit and it was fine. I then tested the motor and driver by pluging in the wiring from another axis to the Y controller and it ran both directions. I then plugged in the cable from the BOB for the Y axis into the driver for the Z axis and the single direction problem moved with it. So the system works from the controller out. It just does not seem to get a signal out of the board but in one direction.
Jimmy

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General Mach Discussion / Re: second post and I need help

« on: May 26, 2009, 08:16:25 AM »

What I did was unplug the connector for Y and plug it in to the Z controller and then Z would only move one direction. With the wiring from Z plugged in the Y controller the Y axis would run both directions. I with you, I think the problem is in the BOB and going to request another one this morning.
Thanks
Jimmy

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General Mach Discussion / second post and I need help

« on: May 26, 2009, 06:50:41 AM »

I got my router powered up for the first time yesterday and everything went good till I got to the Y axis motor tuning. I can only get the y Axis to drive in the plus direction on the table. I verified the setup in Mach, tested the motor on another driver (it ran both directions), moved the control wires to another controller and the problem followed, and I have an led indication on the board that I am getting a signal from Mach. The board is a CNC4PC C11G. Everything came from Keling and he has been very helpful and I have an email into CNC4PC. Is there anything in mach to help with further diagnosis? It all seems to point to the board.
Thanks
Jimmy

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: May 26, 2009, 06:39:51 AM »

Well this is my first post and I just got my software loaded yesterday. I am building a cnc router for my sign business. It has a 50" X 100" work area with room for a rotory axis at the end. It moved under it's own power for the first time yesterday afternoon. Looks like a great deal of information and knowledge here and I hope to use it often.
Thanks
Jimmy