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I have a punch tape reader which can read your tape. It is much better if you can find someone locally with a punch tape reader. Any punch tape reader will work. But if you get desperate, I can...

Re: C:\AS3000 - Yes, this is the program folder for AS3000 which is Camsoft's CAM program. You don't need to worry about that. But C:\AS3000\CNC is where you find all the .FIL files (e.g....

When you do a T01 to select a tool #1 on Camsoft Pro, it selects the tool height on line 1 in the tool settings menu. There is no provision for say T0121 where you can set a tool height from a...

Like RCaffin says, I assume the G11 is being inserted by the Post Processor, not the Camsoft Control. Or are you using AS3000? I don't use AS3000 so I don't know what it does. Anyway, you should...

Camsoft does not go out of their way to look modern. Yes, the websites are outdated and the software is similarly outdated. For example, I don't know why they still sell AS3000, and their online...

Yes, they are common and even relatively cheap if you just want to read right off the scale itself for manual quill work. Many of the cheap ones even have a digital output that can tie in with a CNC...

I use my Acer Knee mill CNC in manual mode often. A button on my Camsoft screen does the MOTOR OFF command Karl refers to which frees up the motors. When turned off, the X and Y axis spin freely (no...

It is probably related to your tolerance setting. If TOLERANCE is too tight relative to the Z component of the arc move, G02/G03 commands with a z component can be misinterpreted and result in an...

It's probably because Fxx on a line by itself doesn't actually execute any G commands in gcode.fil and therefore your ISTHERE doesn't find anything because it wasn't called in the first place. But...

Markus,

Mach3 was originally designed for an open loop system using stepper motors through the PC Parallel port. By adding the right driver/hardware and a DC or AC Servo motor system with...

Karl, glad I could teach you something. :) You just taught me something (and I should have known better). The .RTF files in C:\AS3000\Help are the manuals. Duh!!

I say this because I was just...

GalilTools-Lite should do some of what you want, though not the main feature you need - the servo tuning scope feature, which is I believe what you are looking for. For that, you really need to buy...

It is also OK to use () for comments in Camsoft G-code. The ' mark is used as the comment character in the Camsoft .FIL files, but () works in G-code files. Though, if Karl says it's a problem...

Maho's use AC Servo motors. You can't run them open loop. A rotary encoder or linear scale (or both) is required. Most Maho's I know of have both a linear glass scale on the axis and rotary encoder...

PM me with your email address. I can send you PDF versions of the 432 Controller Operation and Programming manuals.

Regards,
Mike

On Mahos I've looked at, it's a 120V AC bulb. Mine is sitting on my desk at home as I too need to replace it. Lacking a bulb does not prevent my machine from working. I'm out of town all week, but...

Something is seriously wrong there. I wonder if a previous owner bypassed the E-Stop. The E-Stop should kill the power to the servo motor controllers (the Indramat controllers on most Mahos)...

Hmm, if you can home the machine, or move an axis, then that is a powered up state. At least on the Mahos I know, you cannot move the axis unless the hydraulics are powered up. But that diagnostic...

Got it. Yours is an older version than I was thinking. I hoped it would have the LED somewhere.

Yes, the START button I refer to should be the Hydraulics Start button - the one that is right...

If you have an LED error display, it should be on the door of the electrical cabinet, or maybe hidden inside the electrical cabinet. But, I just looked at some MH600E photos on the Internet, and...

Wow, that is fantastic news that WinHex was able to recover the parameters.

Now the real fun begins. Getting the hydraulics to power up will probably require a lot of various issues to be...

Google "floppy sector editor". Several options there.

If you are lucky, the disk was formatted and written as a brand new disk. If so, the files will be contiguous on the disk (i.e. the disk...

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Forgot to say... You said already in another post that the paper tape isn't in the electrical cabinet. But, take another look (look everywhere inside the machine). It might be hidden somewhere. I...

The Maho disks were written as DOS format floppies (FAT file system). All DOS and Windows floppies are FAT file system. So, any PC (DOS, Win3.1, Win95, WinXP, etc.) should be able to read them. My...

Possibly a better option (than using a separate PC) is to install two copies of Windows on your control computer as a multi-boot system. Install Galil Tools under one version of Windows, and Camsoft...

This error is normal on the 532. It means you haven't powered up the hydraulics yet.

FYI, you can always see the meaning of an error code on the 532 by pressing the HELP key. HELP doesn't tell...

Did you decide to buy this machine?

I'm not sure for the 432 controller. On a 532, it's parameter 5. Set to 1 for English.

You see, now this is the problem. Making public statements like this is never in your best interests. It sounds like declaring war on your customers. I'm a customer who is about to write the check...