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General Mach Discussion / Re: motors stalling and or missing steps

« on: May 11, 2012, 02:18:28 PM »

 Had the IT guy remove everything from the computer and reinstall the operating system with no updates and it looks like all my problems have disappeared.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: motors stalling and or missing steps

« on: April 26, 2012, 09:35:23 AM »

THanks Rich can you tell me how to check the signal quality and i'll pass it on to our electrical guy

Thanks
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: motors stalling and or missing steps

« on: April 24, 2012, 09:20:26 AM »

 Both driver tests are virtually the same. The 2 computers are identical.

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / motors stalling and or missing steps

« on: April 23, 2012, 01:47:59 PM »

  Hello everyone.
   I'm running two machines both gecko540 - 270 oz steppers, windows 7 same set up numbers both machines. Problem is one of the machines the motors stall and or miss steps. Swapped contol box, swapped motors and swapped computers. I've narrowed it down to the computer problem seems to follow the computer. The motors are shielded . Had the I.T. guy thoroughly check the computers and can find no problem. Also if you hold one of the motors in your hand you can feel kind of a " ticking "
Any ideas anyone.

Thanks Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Gcode more than 100,000 lines

« on: February 24, 2012, 06:32:52 AM »

 Just ran 2 programs overnight both with over 1mill lines, removed M30 and both ran perfect. does anyone understand this?
thanks Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Gcode more than 100,000 lines

« on: February 23, 2012, 05:17:10 PM »

Hi Tweakie
I've tried different settings , doesn't seem to matter. I tried emlimating the middle of the code, leaving the first few hundred lines and the last few thousand lines and everything works fine. Seems to only happen with very large files.
Don't understand?
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Gcode more than 100,000 lines

« on: February 23, 2012, 07:20:22 AM »

Hello
I'm also experiencing the same thing .My codes are from 1mil to 2.6 mill long.At the end of the program the steppers would lose position and do some crazy moves. Yesterday I removed the M30 at the end of the program and the program worked fine for first time in weeks I'll try again today.
Dave