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General Mach Discussion / Re: A axis not matching actual angle.

« on: March 19, 2011, 03:33:49 AM »

Odd one this but you still seem to be confusing units.
The unit that a rotary axis uses is degrees, inches and millimetres are irrelevant to its angular position or rotational movement. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: losing steps - hot motors

« on: March 17, 2011, 01:00:37 PM »

I think you have to be extremely logical in your approach to this problem if you are going to solve it. Change just one thing at a time.

Try what Russ suggested:-
Drop your velocity to 120 on the X and Y then reset your kernel speed to 35kHz.
Carry out as much testing as is necessary to establish if you still have lost steps at these settings.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: losing steps - hot motors

« on: March 17, 2011, 12:29:41 PM »

In motor tuning with acceleration at 10 what velocity do your motors stall at ? (what is the maximum speed you can achieve ?)

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: losing steps - hot motors

« on: March 17, 2011, 12:11:21 PM »

My stepper motor output from the drivers to the motors is shielded and bonded to the equipment ground.  My control wires from the interface card and stepper drivers are bonded to each other.

Are your limit switches wired with shielded cable ?
Are those shields bonded at the controller end only ?
Are your stepper motor cables bonded at the controller end only ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Setting Spindle motor control problem

« on: March 17, 2011, 11:54:38 AM »

Hit reset and use the m03 s ********* relay clicks led comes on, m04 relay clicks led stays lit and it wont respond.

Should you not be using M05 to turn the relay off ?
Under spindle setup have you reduced the spin up / down delays ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: losing steps - hot motors

« on: March 17, 2011, 11:48:49 AM »

You need to track down the problem of lost steps, G28.1 is no solution.
Is your stepper motor and switch wiring shielded and is the shield connected to ground at the controller end only ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem Upgrading

« on: March 17, 2011, 11:35:51 AM »

Glad you got it sorted. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scale change when running G-code

« on: March 17, 2011, 09:27:02 AM »

Glad you got it sorted. 

Don't forget to post some pics of stuff you make, we all like lots of pics. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: A axis not matching actual angle.

« on: March 17, 2011, 08:41:31 AM »

Could it be the 360 deg roll-over ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scale change when running G-code

« on: March 17, 2011, 08:33:13 AM »

Hi Nuvarian,

Welcome to the forum.

Could be that you are set up in metric units and the GCode is in imperial units or visa versa.
Check the GCode for G20 or G21 codes - this could be a clue.

Tweakie.