Messages

171

PoKeys / Re: Spindle feedback

« on: October 31, 2015, 01:27:43 AM »

The Pulse engine in PoKeys was designed to drive the stepper motors and it has to run as smooth as parallel port. We will be checking if there is anything wrong in the following week when the testing machine will be ready again.

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PoKeys / Re: Probing with Pokeys57E

« on: October 31, 2015, 01:25:28 AM »

Hi, Phil

We are currently checking what is wrong with the probing and will release the fix as soon as we find the cause.

Regards,
Matevž

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PoKeys / Re: Spindle feedback

« on: October 28, 2015, 01:07:35 AM »

argh.... I missed the post where you wrote you are using PoExtBusOC16CNC...
In the manual for this device (https://www.poscope.com/index.php?route=product/product/download&download_id=134&product_id=81) you can see that the wire 3 is the 'motor enable signal'. Where did you connect it to?

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PoKeys / Re: Spindle feedback

« on: October 27, 2015, 06:27:55 AM »

tomy007, did you try to invert the motor enable signals in PoKeys plugin?

Also, open the IO status window (there is a button in the PoKeys plugin under IO status) - are the axes positions changing there also, but the motors don't move?

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys57CNC switch pin Mach3

« on: October 24, 2015, 02:06:24 AM »

The motion parameters are configured in Mach3's dialog (steps per unit, max. velocity, acceleration...)

Write the complete G31 command here.

Can you check that you are running the latest Mach3 version (R3.043.066) and the latest PoKeys software and firmware?

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys57CNC switch pin Mach3

« on: October 23, 2015, 07:46:17 AM »

What are the values of the motion parameters you use?
Regarding the G31 - did you try to invert the probe signal as I suggested earlier?

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PoKeys / Re: Spindle feedback

« on: October 23, 2015, 12:09:18 AM »

Make sure that you have the PoExtBus on pins option disabled in PoKeys settings (Peripherals > PoExtBus).

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PoKeys / Re: Spindle feedback

« on: October 21, 2015, 11:47:27 PM »

Did you happen to configure PoExtBus to use the pins (35-37)? Then, it might happen that the pin is used by PoExtBus instead of a regular I/O pin.
Are you using PoKeys as pulse generator? If yes, how do you have it configured?

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys57CNC switch pin Mach3

« on: October 21, 2015, 11:43:11 PM »

The homing speed is configured in Mach3 configuration (Homing/Limits diagram).

Regarding probing - did you try to change the polarity of the probe input (Invert option in PoKeys plugin settings)? Does Mach3 display any error on executing G31?

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PoKeys / Re: Spindle feedback

« on: October 20, 2015, 01:22:16 PM »

What do you use for the output?