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Re: CSMIO/IP-A Mach4 lathe retrofit
« Reply #30 on: April 08, 2020, 12:39:07 PM »
Jose Luis, I have everything updated, Mach4 and CSMIO Firmware.
Re: CSMIO/IP-A Mach4 lathe retrofit
« Reply #31 on: April 08, 2020, 12:45:48 PM »
Today they answered that if we have updated the firmware, the latest version is 3,204.
If we have that one, they would keep telling us ...
Let's see the next email that they tell us ...
We are in touch.
Re: CSMIO/IP-A Mach4 lathe retrofit
« Reply #32 on: April 08, 2020, 01:03:50 PM »
with version 3.204 the spindle potentiometer no longer works.
do I have a fault or does it happen to you too?
Re: CSMIO/IP-A Mach4 lathe retrofit
« Reply #33 on: April 08, 2020, 01:51:40 PM »
It works for me. One thing the encoder gives you the actual rpm?
Re: CSMIO/IP-A Mach4 lathe retrofit
« Reply #34 on: April 08, 2020, 02:53:59 PM »
I thought it was a failure of the spindle potentiometer

I deactivated Feed and I diverted the spindle signal to what was previously Feed (which has always worked well).
but problem persists.

therefore it must be a bug in the IP S plugin.
the programmed laps are similar to the real ones, with an asynchronous motor and VFD that I can't expect too much. they deviate by about 10 rpm.
Re: CSMIO/IP-A Mach4 lathe retrofit
« Reply #35 on: April 09, 2020, 01:40:09 AM »
Hi,
this is an on-going problem with the CSMIO/A controller and plugin.

Threading is by definition a realtime process and MUST be enacted by the motion controller, in your case the CSMIO.
The CSMIO/A cannot handle thread start synchronisation....it is up to CSLabs to fix....and they have gone right off the boil.
There is nothing Mach4 can do about it.

If you need analogue servo control then get a Vital Sytems Hicon, if you have step/direction servos get a Warp9 ESS....
it seems CSLabs just plain don't care.

Craig
'I enjoy sex at 73.....I live at 71 so its not too far to walk.'
Re: CSMIO/IP-A Mach4 lathe retrofit
« Reply #36 on: April 09, 2020, 03:56:12 AM »
Hi Craig.
Seeing the same problem that we all have, it is certainly a cslab problem.
So I have started a conversation with them to see if they want to fix it or give us a solution.
With the clients that we are having that problem, I imagine, they are interested in fixing it.
I will continue to inform you of everything they tell me. Let's see if we all succeed ...
Re: CSMIO/IP-A Mach4 lathe retrofit
« Reply #37 on: April 09, 2020, 03:59:30 AM »
on some things I agree with @joeaverage, on others I don't.
I also had the impression that cslab has always shown little interest in Mach4, (my personal opinion) also because of the limited diffusion of the program.
on Hicon Integra I can't rate it because I never owned it.
on the SSE that I have on the pantograph, I tried Mach4.
on this point I have to score in favor of the cslab, compared to the SSE I find it clearly superior.
if with ESS you work on the progress slide while you work, it often gives bad shots to the axes, which with cslab does not happen at all.
Re: CSMIO/IP-A Mach4 lathe retrofit
« Reply #38 on: April 09, 2020, 04:17:24 AM »
Hi,
the CSMIO/A is an analogue controller and the ESS is a step/direction controller......how can you compare the two,
they are totally different solutions?.

If your happy to stick with CSLabs then I hope you get some satisfaction, I wouldn't hold your breath....anoxia is a bad
way to go.

Craig
'I enjoy sex at 73.....I live at 71 so its not too far to walk.'
Re: CSMIO/IP-A Mach4 lathe retrofit
« Reply #39 on: April 09, 2020, 04:24:33 AM »
I have IP-S step/direction controller.