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I don't know any thing about your controller, but I would check to see if there is a reset limits , or reset soft limits switch in the controller files somewhere

I had the aluminum covers on mine, I pulled them off and left them off for at least the last 15 years, and it is a lot easier to blow the dust and chips out.

I am looking for sources for examples of the required syntax for scripting MasterCam commands. I have been reviewing the sample files, but none of the examples seem to deal with things like ellipses,...

look through the wincnc file, and look for the calls to the macros used to start the torch, the control code should be there some where, make sure you save the original if you try any changes, the...

also check out your pulleys, I had a client who was having a problem a while back turned out the belt was fine but the pulley was eroded.

check to make certain that both master cam post and wincnc are set for the same arc protocol, if they don't match up you can get some pretty weird results.

does your machine need a closed loop in the control? I recently converted my 90's motion master to wincnc, I think I had developed some issues with the old servos, so Ireplaced them and they came...

is your machine set up in inches centimeters, millimeters? make certain your drawing and tool path are the same as the setting in the machine. the ovals indicate the steps per unit measure are...

your steps per unit is off depending on your controller, you need to set the ratio of steps per revolution times screw pitch per unit measure. example 1000 ppr( *4 if quadrature ) /5 if 5mm pitch...

Eric,
Thanks.

Eric, can you tell me the pin outs for the touch probe and start stop switch for the Techno pci servo board riser card?

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go figure, the power company came in and changed out two of my electric meters, so I had to shut down my computers, when I went back, I pulled up smart path and it allowed me to save my parameters,...

question , can i simply remove the smartpth.fil section from the cbk file and not foul up the works ? or do I have to 0 out all the values and leave the fil heading there?

OK it is driving me crazy... my system is driving me nuts, I had a computer die on me ended up switching to win 7, pro. I finally found my 17.2 disks and got them loaded. recently started to optimize...

I'm curious, did you acquire these drives new, or used?

is the same encoder giving different results on different drives?

do the problems seem any more frequent when the high voltage is up or is it the same? you might try changing your settings with the hv off and save them to the drive. then reset and re read, if you...

if you think it is the cable , check your leads for continuity and flex the cable while you do. check all your grounds and chassis grounds/ earths, each time you make a revision in the settings,...

just for the heck of it, when you try next, close all the extraneous miscellaneous tsrs and resident aps etc in your windows leaving enough for it to run and see if it works better. I have had more...

once you have settings you like save settings in drive. you can see more motion if you go to the settings behind the tubneing screen and increase the no. of samples increase time decrease frequency...

ok, what are you using as your controller, I assume since you are going to run analog it is not mach3. I suggest you se up and tune your motors, pick one and only one, and try and get a decent tune...

what happened when you did your tuning with the gd tool? did you get some motion and charts of the responce of the motor? also what are your pid values? what is your scale set to? are you running...

if you have an old computer powersupply that is available, try using it for all your logic power. that way you don't have to worry about windows doing something weird to your power. I assume dc tools...

do the motors test ok in gd tools? generally, if the motors wont go and they test ok they for what ever reason are not getting the pulse direction signals.

I would be looking for compatibility issues with the then encoder or something amiss in the wiring of the encoder.

what kind of encoder are you running? what is its power requirement?

Dave, I have ancient techno machines, I have to fight this kind of thing regularly. I would get a long strait edge and double check the straightness and corner to corner flatness I would also double...

most software packages will allow you to set the cutter comp in the control or in the computer, the control capabilities are what determine if the g code can be read and the offset calculated during...

I misunderstood your statement in the post about the led code. I thought you had said that there was only one drive with a single flashing blue led. the single flashing blue led indicates the drives...

check to make sure your 12v to the drive logic power is getting to all three drives, if it isn't the lights go out. it may be that that is your problem. it has occurred on my machine. if you turn off...