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General Mach Discussion / Re: feed hold is freezing up my system

« on: December 15, 2008, 08:30:28 AM »

no there are no messages in the ticker.  the entire machine freezes up and i have to shut it down and restart everything to get it to work again.  it is the newest version of mach.  brian barker upgraded the system (new computer, new mach 3)  about 2-3 weeks ago.  also installed a new plc card and dura pulse spindle drive.  everything is goood other than the feedhold problem.   i dont really know any of the technical stuff but if you need more info ill try to do what i can.

thanks dave

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General Mach Discussion / feed hold is freezing up my system

« on: December 09, 2008, 10:54:36 AM »

whenever i use feedhold i have to press it twice to get it to work and then it freezes up my machine.  any body have any ideas?

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General Mach Discussion / mach3 scripts error

« on: November 07, 2008, 07:46:31 AM »

whenever i try to post a code i get a mach3scripts error line 125.  sometimes its line 136.    any one know wht these errors are.  is athere a list of what the different errors and there meanings somewhere?

thanks

dave

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General Mach Discussion / new spindle drive not working

« on: October 30, 2008, 02:56:38 PM »

i installed a new analog spindle drive on my saw and it works but it wont let me vary my rpms.  any ideas?  if you need more info just tell me what and ill do what i can.

thanks....
dave

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General Mach Discussion / spindle drive motor not working properly

« on: October 01, 2008, 02:03:01 PM »

i was in the middle of making a cut with my saw when the spindle just quit on me.  the spindle drive has power going to it but it isn't turning on. i have tested all of the fuses and they seem fine.
also i tested the voltage going to the spindle controll and it was fine.  any ideas?   please help!

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / spindle just stopped working

« on: October 01, 2008, 08:36:45 AM »

i was in the middle of making a cut with my saw when the spindle just quit on me.  the spindle drive has power going to it but it isnt turning on. i have tested all of the fuses and they seem fine.
also i tested the voltage going to the spindle controll and it was fine.  any ideas?   please help!

dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: x and y axis not working properly....PPPPPLLLLLEEEEAAASSSSSEEEEE help!

« on: October 01, 2008, 08:22:46 AM »

hi hood.
yes the problem followed the drive.   i took the drive apart and cleaned all the dust out of it and now it works fine.  i work in a wet environment so i think some moisture was getting into the drive.  combine the moisture and the dust and i think it was shorting out.

thanks for the help!!!

dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: x and y axis not working properly....PPPPPLLLLLEEEEAAASSSSSEEEEE help!

« on: September 23, 2008, 10:37:51 AM »

thanks hood.

i did the test and it was sending the signal to the motor so I'm assuming that the problem is the signal from the motor to the x axis on the saw itself?  what do you think?

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: x and y axis not working properly....PPPPPLLLLLEEEEAAASSSSSEEEEE help!

« on: September 19, 2008, 02:43:55 PM »

got it!  now my last question is how can i find out which pin in the parallel port is the ground pin.

thanks
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: x and y axis not working properly....PPPPPLLLLLEEEEAAASSSSSEEEEE help!

« on: September 19, 2008, 02:06:55 PM »

i know what to do now and i checked out the pins and what-not and i know what im looking at now.  you said its easy enough to do if i dont have an e-stop in my system.  i do have an e-stop in my system so, can i still do it this way or do i have to do something else?
thanks for the help!

Dave