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General Mach Discussion / Re: Progressive Move Error with X and Y

« on: July 15, 2008, 04:10:22 PM »

Hallo Rc

No the gecko drives can Unplug on the electrical connections and I undid the screws removed the drives. the new drives was fitted in reverse.What I did see when I exchanged the drives at our local supplier, was that there was a stack of these drives that were returned to him. I can now make 30 to 50 components and it keeps the size within 2 to 5 microns .

Cj

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Progressive Move Error with X and Y

« on: July 15, 2008, 10:45:59 AM »

Hallo Carl

I had the same problem with a lathe that I converted. My problem Was solved by replacing both the geko drives. I had  the same drives as in your pic`s The drives I have now is Geko g203 v drives red in colour.This is my 2cent`s worth.

Hope it helps
Cobus

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Modbus

« on: July 11, 2008, 03:00:07 AM »

Hi Poppabear

I Am a new be and willneed a lot of help.If I try and see if the board is working(m12)then I get  A time out when reading the inputs.Do you have to have any links set on the control PCB.

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General Mach Discussion / Modbus

« on: July 11, 2008, 01:28:28 AM »

Hi All

I want to know If any body has written a plugin that works with the modbus pcb from cnc4pc. I want to setup a handwheel and cycle start, feedhold, x+, x-, Z+, Z-,plus selecting x or z axis for hand wheel with this board.

Thank you

CJ

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Running macro and testing them

« on: May 12, 2008, 02:06:54 AM »

Hood I think A guy Like me does not have a clue to what Mach Can and Can not do.Like the OEMTriggers I do not have the Know how to Understand the Functions it does in Mach.The only way I think Is to play With Mach.Now that the Turret is working I have to Set up a hand wheel System for the Machine But because I have used most of the inputs for Lpt 1 and 2 I will have to use  serial Modbus. The reason I want to use that is on the Video`s they show you how to setup A pot for spindle overide and that Can also be used for feedrate overide.I`ll be using the forum a lot as I have two Milling Machines that I want to convert to mach3. Both of the Machines is Old and the controls shot And all of this just so I can Machine Spares for my Other Hobby .I am more a mechanical man Because my Day time Job is to repair Nc machines.To All the Guy`s reading this forum I you Have a problem Some one that Knows what they doing will Help you If they can and with out payment Thanks to Hood And Graham.

CJ

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Running macro and testing them

« on: May 12, 2008, 01:48:44 AM »

Hood I think you must know the do and do not`s. Like you said you have to have a book to look at what code  you can use.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Running macro and testing them

« on: May 11, 2008, 07:17:42 AM »

Hood where can I get some info on vb programing. I think i saw someting in the mach  site.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Running macro and testing them

« on: May 11, 2008, 02:21:21 AM »

Hood this macro is working fine . Thank you for it. I will now be playing with my machine.Enjoy your day

CJ

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Running macro and testing them

« on: May 10, 2008, 04:35:27 PM »

If I use the inputs like his macro my feedback is defferent to his in other words my hardwirring is different to his.That is why I use those inputs.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Running macro and testing them

« on: May 10, 2008, 04:31:49 PM »

When Graham emailed me the macro my inputs were wired differentto what the macro was He uses pin 10,11,12,13 I use 13,15,11,12.