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New firmware - MPG functions died - no recovery !!
« on: April 20, 2013, 08:01:57 AM »
Reconnected Pokeys today, with idea of connecting second MPG.

So.. it wanted to upgrade the firmware, from 3.0.21 to 3.0.46.. ok ..
MPG stopped working !
at some point it wanted to Update the firmware to 3.0.52 .. ok ..

..tried restarting PC, Pokeys (USB), installing setup_21, setup_31, removing all plugins,
..removed fysically the second MPG.
..have the estop in Pulse Engine - the E-stop always works in all combos.
totally removing pokeys from Control Panel and re_installing from web, from setup_21, from setup_31 ...

NO combo will give MPG funcionality. !!

ALL combos will show, in IO, the MPG lines working, for MPG1, pins 1,2.
IE the IO diag shows the data coming in.

I NEVER GET MOVEMENT from MPG after upgrading the firmware.
And ESTOP always works.

Re: New firmware - MPG functions died - no recovery !! - SOLVED !
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2013, 08:51:41 AM »
After increasingly drastic tests with no advance ...
I finally
-Upgraded Mach3 to latest lockdown (no change)
-Removed all Pokeys sw, plugins and directories from various locations (I usually dont save anything to /Program Files/.. (no change)
-Created a new Mach3 profile
-Reinstalled Pokeys _setup_21

SUCCESS !
Using the sw from January in setup_21.
So 1 MPG is working again, and the mothion seems nice and smooth like it used to be.

SUCCESS 2!
2 MPGs work beautfifully.

I do not know what was the problem - as it was not possible to roll back to the previous firmware.
It may be that the root was the older Mach3 version .. or not.

At the moment, using current newest (January 2013) sw version, I cannot see the pokeys IO window anny more under Plugin Control ?
Nevertheless, everything works fine.

Now, I just need to install the 3rd MPG, and then move them to the machine.

Re: New firmware - 3 MPGs work !
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2013, 09:29:30 AM »
3 MPGs work fine, and can be moved in any combination I tried.
I used the fast encoders option.


Re: New firmware - MPG functions died - no recovery !!
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2013, 06:29:03 AM »
My setup did the same thing today, the raw encoder data shows motion, but mach3 does not see it. I assume the correct dro is 101-103 . Tried  the steps you wrote about, no joy. Did you find any hidden folders with pokeys  setup data ?

Tanks in advance