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Mach4 General Discussion / mach4 vfd control

« on: October 03, 2016, 06:26:28 PM »

hello all
i am upgrading a bridgeport mill with a ess board and a cnc4pc c23 dual port board with spindle control and a huanyang vfd 0-10v. now this board accepts a step pulse and converts to 0-10v this works mostly i can move the speed up and down but not properly. here is my setup range 0 min rpm 60 max rpm 500 delays set to 0 ratio i have changed it doesnt seem to affect anything. in mach 3 i could dial in the ratio until it achieved the speeds commanded. range 1 min rpm 501 max rpm 4200 delays 0 ratio unchanged this range needs the spindle reversed. here is the rub i change the spindle to reverse and exit to the main screen reset and try the spindle it rotates reversed just like it is supposed to then after a reset or reboot i am not sure it reverts to unchecked and runs forward. so i am looking for where the actual script for this is so i can lock it down so it wont change does anybody have any ideas thank you
mark

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: rigid tap and ess

« on: September 25, 2016, 08:02:49 PM »

thank you for your replies I have posted at warp nine. Royce do you have a braking resistor on your vfd and did you always have it or did you add it later. thank you
mark

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Mach4 General Discussion / rigid tap and ess

« on: September 23, 2016, 10:19:26 PM »

hello
i upgrade Bridgeport mills to mach4 with an Ethernet smooth stepper i am adding vfd to my setup and am thinking about rigid tapping. i am adding an encoder to my spindle. the questions i have are do you set the ramping or delay to 0 secs or what would be a good place to start. i know i can be done with a soft tapping setup. has anybody done this and do you have any pointers.
thank you
mark

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Can mach4 close loop control

« on: August 01, 2016, 11:38:19 PM »

hi
the csmio/ip-a controller from cs-labs is analog +/- 10v closed loop controller. i believe the other control csmio/ip-s does also but i am sure of the ip-a the only draw back is the plug in for mach 4 isnt as far along as i would like i really like the product but there are a few things in lathe that are not supported yet and it has been quite some time. that being said i am using the controller for my mill upgrades and we shall see when the updated plugin comes out.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach 4 crash

« on: July 31, 2016, 03:49:46 PM »

hi the computer i am working with at the moment is a little older but not that old it is a hp pavilion slimline it has an amd athalon dual core 2.7 ghz
4.00 gb ram 64 bit operating system windows 7 service pack 2 and updated. couldnt upgrade to windows 10 i personally think the reason was trumped up but windows 10 said no. i am using the onboard video in the old days this was bad but i have used it effectively in the past. i use this machine to test the ethernet smooth stepper and am also setting up so i can bench test with a csmio/ip-a from cs-labs. as stated before i was able to get it to semiwork by making my own profile no copying this only worked until i started to add plugin for csmio/ip-a then i uninstalled completely and reinstalled the newest one same lockup and i added nothing. so do you think it is the computer maybe using the onboard video, the problem with using some of these odball computers is you need a special super small video card just to fit it into the case not to mention what buss can you use. anyway that's is let me know and if you have any ideas i will try them unless i have to this computer is going to be my bench model for a while thank you
mark

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach 4 crash

« on: July 27, 2016, 12:08:05 AM »

hello
well i tried it 3124 fresh install uninstalled the last version deleted the profiles windows 7 try to start lathe hangs. the point is i installed nothing and changed nothing always the same place canned cycles for lathe both mills and router load just fine problem has to be in canned cycles but i dont yet know enough programming to change that any suggestions
thank you
mark

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach 4 crash

« on: July 26, 2016, 12:31:21 AM »

thanks
i have been trying different ways to install and load in the end it still has a hang problem windows 7 or 10. i tried what you said DAZ and i got in looked around didnt find anything. quit figured it would save it didnt moved some buttons and saved. shut mach off and tried to execute from my shortcut it hangs used mach4 loader it hangs. i believe it is in the screen set and hangs on the machmotion canned cycles as this is where it hangs every time i am waiting for an update from cs-labs so i can run lathe on a machine i have a machine with mach 3 lathe but i cant make it run so am going to mach 4 and i think these canned cycles would be just what the doctor ordered but if they wont run we shall have to see. now dude1 what dont you see if you arent having the same problem as me i would like to know what you have installed i will attach my profile if i can figure out how and are you using 4.0.3112 this is a pre release might have a bug. i really want to use this if the problem can be found and rectified.
mark

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach 4 crash

« on: July 25, 2016, 01:19:23 AM »

just thought i would try it again fresh install windows 10 computer no motion controller. it installs just fine this is the 4.0.3112 pre release run the lathe incon it fully loads the core then starts to load mach motion canned cycles this loads about 1/4 on the  bar then mach 4 hangs and windows tells you it has crashed. the work around is to create your own profile however when i first did this i didnt put anything into the screen set box not sure if that mattered still i copied the lathe profile same problem. so install then create a new lathe profile you will have to enable the sim plug in or whatever you want. this will no longer hang the machine. you will still get the mach motion canned cycles as this is related to the screen set i believe.
thank you
mark

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 configuration

« on: July 24, 2016, 12:00:19 AM »

hello
question you said z wont jog or home correctly do x and y jog properly can you home x and y individually to do this just go to diagnostics screen there are buttons there. then we can tackle z. good luck
mark

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach 4 crash

« on: July 23, 2016, 11:50:30 PM »

hi i have opened tickets with mach support but i like to start with the forum as the questions asked and answered give everybody an answer. or another way everybody can contribute if you had the problem and found a work around or fixed the issue then the community and myself can benefit. however if i don't make out with the community i do go directly to support. the next person who reads this might have the same problem and now will know ho to fix it. not to harp but this is my take on the forums if anybody has a different way of looking at it please post.
thank you
mark