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General Mach Discussion / Re: Axis movement limited to 1"? Demo Version??

« on: April 10, 2007, 01:04:36 PM »

Thanks for the help.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Axis movement limited to 1"? Demo Version??

« on: April 10, 2007, 10:20:39 AM »

I tried tweaking all the settings, I have to set the velocity to 10 ipm to get it to travel the correct distance. When it is moving the axis mach pulses the motors about 1 second on and 1/4 second off, Is that normal?

I have tried just about every setting for the Accel from 1 to 20 donsn't help.
I have also tried tweaking the uS pulse with no help.
I tried changing the kernel speed to all the settings also no change.
When I jog the axis with hotkeys I can run the velocity up to 75 IPM without any problems.

Could this be a PC issue?
The driver test looks good, But I have it on a 1.5 GHZ laptop for now. (I have a desktop ordered)
Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Axis movement limited to 1"? Demo Version??

« on: April 09, 2007, 10:29:43 AM »

I will try tweaking these settings again, Just making sure it wasn't locked out by the demo version.
Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Axis movement limited to 1"? Demo Version??

« on: April 09, 2007, 09:41:17 AM »

Hello,
I have downloaded the demo version and I am getting my mill all setup.
If I go the the MDI screen and inout G0 X.75 everything is fine, But if I go over an inch my motors start doing weird things and dont travel much more than an inch. Is this a limitation of the demo version?
Also if I jog the axis with the hot keys everything is fine.
Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3, Gecko's and BP sigma steppers?

« on: April 02, 2007, 07:29:29 PM »

Thanks for pointing that out.
I didn't catch it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3, Gecko's and BP sigma steppers?

« on: April 02, 2007, 06:47:23 PM »

They do look good, They handle another 10V than the geckos.
I e-mailed them for a price.
Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3, Gecko's and BP sigma steppers?

« on: April 02, 2007, 05:43:34 PM »

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3, Gecko's and BP sigma steppers?

« on: April 02, 2007, 04:53:27 PM »

Yeah that could be, they are wired in parrell I could probably rewire them to series and this would give more resistance.
I think the drive thinks it is shorted. Are there any other drives out there that can handle more power?
Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3, Gecko's and BP sigma steppers?

« on: April 02, 2007, 04:39:19 PM »

They just stop working, I have to cycle power to get them to work again.
I thought I read somewhere that they some kind of diagnostics. They also have a reset term that I think would probably reset them without having to cycle power.
Any ideas as what might cause this?
Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Mach 3, Gecko's and BP sigma steppers?

« on: April 02, 2007, 03:08:18 PM »

Hello,
Is there anyone else with this combo that can help me out on IPM and Accel for these motors.
I am retrofiting a series II BP mill, My gecko's keep faulting and I have no idea what these motors should sound like.
Thanks