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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 24, 2016, 06:01:10 AM »

XML attached

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 24, 2016, 05:58:18 AM »

Ok, will do.

Where it is now, i take it out of reset, press left or right jog and i get the "ePID error" come up and it goes into reset, the motor does not move.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 24, 2016, 05:20:45 AM »

looks like it's -10 - 0 - 10v only.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 24, 2016, 05:08:43 AM »

errr, not sure will have to look at that.

no idea on tuning, not done any, cant see any mention in manual

when mach in reset the encoder alters the DRO in real-time when motor twiddled
when out of reset the DRO does not alter any more when motor twiddled

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 24, 2016, 03:57:48 AM »

Ok, i pulled the enable and reset lines from the CSMIO and stuffed the enable into 0v and the motor started creeping so there is life here

however no difference on jog from mach

and the encoder still stops showing when i go out of reset??

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 24, 2016, 03:53:09 AM »

That is really confusing, so you cant go straight from CSMIO to the drive, have to fit relays?

On all ins/outs??

what a bummer.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 24, 2016, 03:26:00 AM »

So that is active low?

what i get is encoder input when Mach is in reset, when out of reset no encoder activity.

no lock up

no movement

I am pretty certain the wiring is ok, I have connected as per CSMIO dig

Enable output
Reset output
10-0-10v outputs

Fault input

all encoder lines + ground

thats where it gets a bit fuzzy - what Ins and outs should be enabled in ports & pins etc?
distinct lack of help in the manuals, probably the difference in going from simple step/dir to servo.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 24, 2016, 02:42:41 AM »

Hmm, going to need some help on this setup i think...

I have the motor, drive, controller connected, I can see the X axis encoder changing the DRO when i twiddle the spindle but when i take Mach out of reset the DRO stops changing?

There is no motion and the drive does not lock.

Probably a signal error?

Don't know if out/ins are active high / low from the CSMIO?

When out of reset there is 24v on the enable output.

Where to start here??

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 24, 2016, 02:11:02 AM »

Yes the kit came from that supplier - he is extremely fast and good stuff too.

I only have a MAC laptop so will need to do front panel setup i think.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 23, 2016, 04:56:24 PM »

Yes I have the CSMIO/IP-A plus the MPG add-on.

Manual attached

It can have pc setup but no idea how, otherwise done through front panel