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Ok, I'll order the snubber parts and see what effect it has on the system noise, motor smoothness, etc.. I think I'll also try a ferrite. With our new torque settings I think we've got the...

Ah, I see - thank you! We can get rid of a lot of the noise we're seeing with a snubber circuit like you describe, and possibly make the torque tuning more aggressive without getting the...

Hey, first I'd like to say thanks for everyone helping out with this -- you've all been a big help as we get through these hurdles! :cheers:

The latest status is Tom took apart the X truck and...

Xerxes, I sent you a PM with my e-mail address - please let me know if it didn't make it.

Thanks,

-Peter

Hello again :D

I just connected a 150 Watt, 1.5 Ohm resistor in series with the motor. I re-tuned the granite (which only needed some minor tweaking). I ran it back and forth a bit, and again...

I installed the new firmware: no change. I still get occasional faults with the blue LED on, and the other two blinking (over-current), with or without input filtering.

Sometimes it will run...

Ok, that does make sense. I was wondering why Granites would need input filtering when all the other servo drives I've used did not need this. The difference is that those drives don't have these...

One more thought about the over-current error. The power supply Tom is using is rated at 20A, and we were not able to get it to output more than about 30A even when we deliberately tried to drive...

Hi - I've been working with Tom on this problem. I have a vertical machining center that I retrofitted with the same granite drive and motor combination a couple years ago with relative ease. I'm...

Sigh. I never said the second two things you are putting in quotes. Please read my posts using my actual words, not ones you made up. :rolleyes: You've been misrepresenting my situation from the...

You're also wrong. It may have been available for a while in the past, or to people who had V23, but that is just not the case now for new purchasers. Not according to the folks on the BobCAD...

Your car example is a demo that has all available features, but the feature is actually some sort of extra-cost thing. In this case, the feature is in the demo, but is NOT an extra cost thing. It's...

Sorry if I'm using obscure idioms. By "actual" mouth, I mean in person, on the phone. I don't know what CNCDudes exact position is at BobCAD. So, I am awaiting actual phone contact with a...

I still can't get a call back from BobCAD. I'm calling the support number on the website, and I get a machine telling me to leave a message with my name/number/user ID/etc, and I'll get a call back....

Wow... conspiracy theories? Really? :rolleyes:

We'll just have to disagree on this one. :wave:

Cheers,

-Peter

No. I went to the DEMO. :stickpoke



Not so again. If you don't like analogies, then fine: feature was there in the demo, but not in the product, and it's not in an add-on.



I was...

Your analogy is not the same. I purchased V24 PRO, which should have everything not in a separate add-on packages. I looked through all the add-ons (nest, art, etc) and made sure I understood what...

But according to CNCDude, the HSP is not available at any cost right now. If I simply misunderstood that this was an add-on then I would consider just paying the extra $$ for it. No, I still feel I...

By the way, I'll follow up here about my phone call to tech support (because my original thread was closed).

I've left a message an hour ago, and am waiting for a call-back.

Cheers,

-Peter

As I mentioned in my earlier thread post, I DID mention it to the tech engineer we did the live demo with. He just said something like "yeah, HS Pocketing is nice" when I said that's one of the main...

CNCDude:

When someone gets a demo of our software we try to do the best job we can in showing you everything we can so that you can see it being done. There is no difference between the demo and...

I'm still trying to get to the bottom of this, but I thought those considering V24 of BobCAD should be warned about some at least one discrepancy between the company demos/promises and what you...

That's all well and good, but like I said - I don't want an exact release date, just some information with which to plan and make decisions. :stickpoke

Brian can (and should) let us know some...

I've been looking around for information about Mach3 V4, and can't find any hint of when this is expected. It was discussed at the CNC Workshop, and it sounded like it would address many of the...

This has probably been answered, but my search-fu has failed me.

I'm evaluating BobCAD, and want to see if I can make a toolpath to cut out a shape, but leave some tabs so the shape wont fall out...

I haven't found the source of the problem. I went through all my tool holders and marked the orientation that results in the least runout on each. Now, when I use the tool holders, I make sure to...

Delw, I must have mis-typed. I meant to say that, when I tried to shake/push/pull the tool holder by hand, I could NOT measure any deflection. The toolholder and the entire Z column seem to be...

Ok, I'll take apart the drawbar and look for problems. Finger-tightening the pull-stud made no apparent difference. I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks,

-Peter

Harry, thanks for the information - that's very helpful to put things in context.

As CambridgeCNC says, the website pretty much assumes the reader already knows all about JoesCNC. For example,...

Thanks for the suggestions. For the record, I see the change in runnout when rotating 180 degrees on all of my tool holders (of various make). I think that rules out any problem with the tool...