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General Mach Discussion / mach3 mill screens for lathe - by Chip - question...

« on: May 07, 2007, 11:34:34 PM »

Chip,

I am trying out your lathe screen set that looks like the mill screens.  There are only 2 axes showing on the tab mpg and not 4 as in mill.  Also there are only 3 axes showing on the screens.  I assume the process of adding the extra axes is just like that for mill or are there some peculiarities due to the fact that this is now being done in lathe mode?

Thanks,
Keith Clark

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thanks Chip!

« on: May 06, 2007, 08:05:51 PM »

I will get a video as soon as I have something good to show but there sure a lot of details to work out still.

In fact, I am now wondering how to tie in the Pixie error and reset switches.  These are at 5v and active low so I am
thinking I can connect to my Estop circuit on the Campbell board to the error so that I would get an Estop
with the Pixie error?  Then I have to reset the Pixie.  The reset could be set with a momentary switch but
I would like it to be automatically reset when I reset Mach3.  I have an output free and perhaps with a macro
the output could send a momentary signal to reset?

Thanks,

Keith

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pixie with Yaskawa amp and motor

« on: May 06, 2007, 08:26:53 AM »

Brian,

If I really am out of my quagmire and can finally move forward, I am hoping to be filling the air with sawdust within a month.  I have to go to Amman, Jordan to give some lectures next week so I will lose a week.  Darn, my day job gets in the way!

Thanks Brian, I really appreciate you!

Keith

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General Mach Discussion / Thanks Chip!

« on: May 06, 2007, 08:23:45 AM »

Chip, you are a scholar and a gentleman!  I can't thank you enough for helping me out of my Rutex, Pixie, Yaskawa servo quagmire! You give meaning to the word altruism.

Thanks so much!

Keith Clark

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General Mach Discussion / Pixie with Yaskawa amp and motor

« on: May 05, 2007, 08:10:16 PM »

I finally got my Yaskawa motor and amp to work with the Bob Campbell break-out board using the Pixie card to switch from step and dir to +/-10v.  The Pixie works great.  The basic problem was that during tuning I had to turn the K parameters to very low values (Kp=2, Kd=13, Ki-0).   The speed reference mode works fine so the Yaskawa amp does not need to be set up in torque mode.  What a relief!

Keith Clark

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Tutorials / Re: Video Tutorials for Mach

« on: April 24, 2007, 02:09:55 PM »

Brett,

That was my problem.  I don't think anyone believes that there is a problem.  It does not seem like a high-traffic issue but I don't know for sure. I have tired all hours of the night and day.

Thanks for the effort!

Keith

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Tutorials / Re: Video Tutorials for Mach

« on: April 24, 2007, 12:19:49 PM »

Thanks, I would like to see inputs and outputs, scripting, and intro to turning for now.

Thanks
Keith

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Tutorials / Re: Video Tutorials for Mach

« on: April 24, 2007, 11:02:24 AM »

ynneb,

I have been trying for weeks to get to the videos but continue to get an error finding the page.  I can only access the ModBus video with functional download and view buttons but all the others are a no go.  Do you have any ideas?  I have tried several computers on different networks and always the same result.

thanks
Keith Clark

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Rutex and Mach3 problem

« on: March 31, 2007, 03:59:37 PM »

Thanks Brian, I guess I am giving up on the Rutex...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Rutex and Mach3 problem

« on: March 29, 2007, 09:23:32 AM »

Brian,

I am not making any progress.  I have tried multiple points to ground the Rutex to the breakout board and nothing makes any difference.  I still see good step pulse from the breakout board but the Rutex is putting out wild swings of + and -10 volts with some motor drifting but no real meaningful movement.  It could be that the Rutex is in SPI mode.  Currently the SPI terminal is at +5 volts but I don't know if that means STEPPER or SPI mode.  I am trying to figure out how to safely drop the SPI terminal to 0 to see it that changes anything.  Any other ideas?

Thanks
Keith