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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: May 25, 2009, 10:46:01 AM »

thanks Hood, I see the watchdog now , same problem . I have to load a job in the big Haas mill but as soon as its up and running I will be swapping out the computer  in the troublesome lathe

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: May 25, 2009, 09:27:30 AM »

I am not finding anything labled watchdog , I downloaded and installed the latest plugin yesterday , its labled as  vo15ogb.

here is the message I get

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: May 25, 2009, 08:21:51 AM »

control freq is set to1khz, 500mhz on the x and z axis , spindle and all others are set to 256 

in monitering the only thig flagged is a check box labled "is still"

not sure where the time out setting is , maybe thats my problem

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: May 24, 2009, 06:55:20 PM »

Uninstalled mach , deleted folder and all contents. Reloaded the latest version of mach, plugged in smooth stepper , installed its driver , loaded the plugin for ss and the screenset.

Launched mach and all appeared fine , cycled thru first part and aprox 2 minutes into second part and once again lost comm with SS .  Now instead of mach freezing up I get the message that comm is lost .  Spindle motor continues to turn , but at 80 rpm , instead of the 1600 it was running when freeze, coolant still on.  Unplug USB and spindle and coolant shut down.

When I reboot computer and run mach I cant get spindle motor to turn anything above 80 rpms , Comm with SS is then lost within 3-5 minutes , same result with either board.

Hopefully Greg will respond to my emails soon

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: May 24, 2009, 05:18:56 PM »

Is that all I need to save, Macro folder, oiler brain and XML file?

I dont mind starting over if its fairly simple. In saving the above files will all my config data, ports and pins motor tuning etc be saved and allow me to set things up fairly rapidly?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: May 24, 2009, 05:07:52 PM »

It looks like the red light on the SS goes out when the system freezes.

No they are both heavily integrated into the machines, no way to pull them out and swap easily

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: May 24, 2009, 04:37:53 PM »

Well never mind , system froze while I was typing the message above

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: May 24, 2009, 04:36:51 PM »

I am running the latest plugin and they older one I have doesnt support threading .
I did pull the SS board form the mill and installed it in the lathe . When I booted the computer the found new hardware wizard popped up , even though the SS driver was already installed. Ran the hardware wizard .

Launched Mach and a message poped up stating a SS with a diff serial number was detected , clicked OK .

I do notice the LED array is lighted diff on this SS than the other one, unsure if this earlier board is different or not. They were ordered about 7 mionths apart.  Will be running the lathe for 6-7 ,ore hours today USB gods permitting

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: May 24, 2009, 01:26:30 PM »

one other thing , I am running the exact same computer , ordered the same day , same build spec etc on a bridgeport mill  with smoopth stepper. That machine is having no problems . The only major diff is its running an older version of mach and a much earlier release of the ss plugin.
 
I wonder if I should start a fresh instal on this machine. I am a little reluctant with all the settings that would need to be reconfigured but also very excited to get this issue sqaured away before I dive into the tool setter, bar feed hyd chuck and hyd tailstock issues.

I will try pulling the SS from the lathe and putting in the mill later today and see if the problem follows the board

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: May 24, 2009, 10:43:01 AM »

Thanks Art, I contacted Greg with a link and description yesterday afternoon. Hopefully he will drop in over the next few days with some insight.