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Galil / Upgraded to win7 on PCI system - now weird VFD behavior
« on: September 15, 2012, 02:57:40 PM »
Hello,
I recently upgraded my cnc computer to an i7 Celeron running windows 7. I am using an 1840 PCI card (I was running XP on an old Pentium 3 with a 1740 card for 4 years).
I installed Smarterm, but I had to manually install the version 7 driver in the system32 folder and go through device manager to get the driver registered. I could not get windows 7 to install the drivers due to them not being digitally signed and Galil does not support or recommend them for use with w7. I've read through the Galil notes and verified all the needed drivers are now in my windows/system32/drivers directory.
Anyway, things went smoothly after that and all three axises move fine. The problem is getting the VFD to work correctly. M3 and M4 commands work fine and the spindle starts, but usually turns very slow.
I've found that going into the configuration of the Galil plug-in on the "Axis Setup" tab and selecting/de-selecting the Spindle has Encoder" box will usually get the VFD to work right. Sometimes it takes a couple attempts, but once going, I can run all day.
Barring going back to XP, is there anything I can do to fix this bug? I'd prefer to keep w7 if possible.
Any help is appreciated.
Jim
I recently upgraded my cnc computer to an i7 Celeron running windows 7. I am using an 1840 PCI card (I was running XP on an old Pentium 3 with a 1740 card for 4 years).
I installed Smarterm, but I had to manually install the version 7 driver in the system32 folder and go through device manager to get the driver registered. I could not get windows 7 to install the drivers due to them not being digitally signed and Galil does not support or recommend them for use with w7. I've read through the Galil notes and verified all the needed drivers are now in my windows/system32/drivers directory.
Anyway, things went smoothly after that and all three axises move fine. The problem is getting the VFD to work correctly. M3 and M4 commands work fine and the spindle starts, but usually turns very slow.
I've found that going into the configuration of the Galil plug-in on the "Axis Setup" tab and selecting/de-selecting the Spindle has Encoder" box will usually get the VFD to work right. Sometimes it takes a couple attempts, but once going, I can run all day.
Barring going back to XP, is there anything I can do to fix this bug? I'd prefer to keep w7 if possible.
Any help is appreciated.
Jim