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General Mach Discussion / Re: Progam stopping in mid-run

« on: November 30, 2006, 12:46:33 PM »

You could try disabling your limits one at the time to narrow it down. You could be picking up noise, making a contact when it shouldn't, loosing contact when you shouldn't, etc. If you are using prox. switches, a chip could be getting on one or passing by close enough to set the fault. There is no telling. You can check voltage on your limits, e-stops and such. If you check one and get a good reading, wiggle the wires going to and from it while watching the meter. Sometimes this will expose the hidden thorn. Your just going to have to do some trouble shooting. Love your meter.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: set up

« on: November 30, 2006, 09:04:12 AM »

Yes, I just wanted to confirm. If I scale one Axis and not the other it does as you described. I though it would, but now I'm certain. I'm running version 2.0.017. The scaling looks to be working as it should.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Coolant not working after upgrade

« on: November 30, 2006, 07:18:04 AM »

 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: set up

« on: November 30, 2006, 07:16:22 AM »

I don't think the trial version is your problem. Did you scale each axis? Hit enter after you entered your value on each axis? I only ask because scaleing one axis and not the other would cause this I would think. Have you done the math for your motor tuning? I would double check this first.

Hope this helps,
Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Coolant not working after upgrade

« on: November 28, 2006, 01:20:54 PM »

Swap your signals comeing out of the board. Not in ports and pins and see if the problem moves.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Quadrature Encoders

« on: November 28, 2006, 09:03:20 AM »

Try this one out.

http://web2.automationdirect.com/adc/Search/Search?searchquery=encoder&cmd=Search&fctype=adc.falcon.search.SearchFormCtrl&TxnNumber=-1

I hope this helps.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Coolant not working after upgrade

« on: November 27, 2006, 11:35:50 PM »

Mark,
    I may have tunnel vision. If when you swap the outputs for the spindle and coolant the spindle works as it is comanded, change them back and the coolant doesn't it has to be something beyond the control of Mach. What is different about the way the spindle is controlled Vs. the coolant? The spindle is on a relay, the coolant is on a selonoid etc.? If a light switch operates one bulb and not another it has to be the bulb right? Not necessarialy. One may be 12VDC and the other 110VAC. I know this has you at your wits end, I'm there with you and I'm 1500 miles away. I have been whiped before, but never by a machine. Stumped yes, not whiped. I won't give up if you don't.

5038

General Mach Discussion / Re: single block problems

« on: November 27, 2006, 10:56:50 PM »

 
See previous post, it has been edited.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Coolant not working after upgrade

« on: November 27, 2006, 02:01:29 PM »

I agree Graham. 

Mark,
    Can you check the signal with a meter?

5040

General Mach Discussion / Re: 25khz maximum

« on: November 27, 2006, 12:46:28 PM »

The demo will only do 25KHz. Licensed will do 45KHz.

A licenses for Mach is a Licenses for Mach,1, 2, or 3  

Mach 4 has been replaced by Mach 3 with the G100 plug in.

I think you will have to have a parallel port. I don't know of another way. That's not to say their isn't though.