Messages

41

General Mach Discussion / License not activated?

« on: December 31, 2008, 06:40:58 PM »

I have discovered, I think, why my router runs for a few minutes and then stops....since it stops on Gcode line #499, and since everything after that is repeated, I suspect that my license has not been activated. I went through the normal set up procedure when I got my license, so can one of the moderators let me know what I should do now? Also, I have spent several weeks getting my settings dialed in -- can my license be activated w/out losing them?
Thanks, Bob

42

General Mach Discussion / Re: Error messages

« on: December 30, 2008, 11:22:03 PM »

Hood, the toolpath looked great. I went to the Vectric's forum and tried to send them the file, but even zipped it was too large.
Dave, the file had no duplicates and no open vectors.
I'm going to scrap the file and start over from the beginning. I'll let you know what happens.
Thanks again, Bob

43

General Mach Discussion / Re: Error messages

« on: December 30, 2008, 08:16:47 PM »

OK

44

General Mach Discussion / Re: Error messages

« on: December 30, 2008, 08:09:24 PM »

It sure didn't take me long to get stuck again. Here's the latest issue: I designed a file in VCarve, loaded it into Mach, turned on the machine and ran it. For discussion purposes, let's say the design is a bunch of flowers. Mach sent the router to the first petal and routed it, and routed it, and routed it... About 10 more routings than it needed. Then it stopped. I looked at the Gcode and it is, from that point on, the same line repeated about 400 times. Any idea what could be causing this?
Thanks again, and again, and again...
Bob

45

General Mach Discussion / Re: Error messages

« on: December 30, 2008, 06:27:34 PM »

Bingo. Hood, you sure know your stuff. That's about the fifth problem you've solved for me. Thanks again.
Bob

46

General Mach Discussion / Re: Error messages

« on: December 29, 2008, 04:29:08 PM »

Well, I don't think I do, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. When I go to CONFIG, SPINDLE PULLEYS, I see one page with metrics for various pulleys, which are the ones I changed to 20,000 previously. However, I see that they have changed back to their original settings (Pulley #1, 0-1000RPM, ratio 1, Pulley #2, 0-2000RPM, ratio 1, Pulley #3, 0-4000RPM, ratio 1, etc.) These appear to be different belt locations on a variable speed spindle run by Mach, which is why they changed back.
When I go to Function CONFIG, Spindle Calibration and Testing, I see a PID or 0.25, 1, 0.3, and I don't know what that means or how they got there. Do these need to be changed?
Bob

47

General Mach Discussion / Re: Error messages

« on: December 29, 2008, 03:22:00 PM »

Well, it seems that the debounce adjustment has worked -- I've run a program and have had no Limit Switch Triggered messages. For the record, though, all of the limit switch wiring is shielded and grounded, and I've covered the break out box with tin foil, so it seems that the system is very sensitive.
I've checked the spindle/pulleys page and changed all the pulley speeds to 20,000.  They were all set at 2,000 to 8,000, but I think Mach arrived at those figures itself, as I didn't enter those amounts during set up. Is that going to hurt anything?
Thanks, Bob

48

General Mach Discussion / Re: Error messages

« on: December 29, 2008, 12:51:56 PM »

Re: the possibility of a settings error in the spindle/pulleys page, I haven't done anything there -- the spindle is not connected to the pc. I turn it on and off manually.
Thanks, Bob

49

General Mach Discussion / Re: Error messages

« on: December 29, 2008, 12:49:18 PM »

OK, I'll give it a try....what is debounce, by the way?
Bob

50

General Mach Discussion / Error messages

« on: December 28, 2008, 10:59:32 PM »

Am having 2 error messages I don't understand:
1.) When I try to run a project I get an immediate Limit Switch Triggered message, and even though I have set up the limit switch override, when I Reset the error message keeps coming back. This happens in spite of the fact that I'm nowhere near a limit switch, and I can jog everywhere without it happening;
2.) Interspersed with the Limit Switch Triggered messages noted above, I'm getting Too Fast for Pulley...Using Max. messages. I'm using a 1/8th inch bit @ 20,000 RPM, only cutting .05 into the material, which is soft plywood, and running at 30 inches per minute. How could that be too fast for a pulley, and how would Mach know how much stress is on the pulleys in the first place?
Thanks again, Bob