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First off, Thank you so much to everyone that helped me get this machine going, I thought I had made a follow up post reporting my success but I must have forgot. I do apologize.

My lil machine...

Hey thanks for posting!
I was looking for something like this earlier this morning before you posted. I ended up using Mach3 post I think and then deleting alot of it. Took me along long time to...

Heres another silly question, probably to a simple solution for a problem that has eluded me for to many hours now. Setting the limit switches to stop movement works great. Hitting the "stop button"...

AH! Was something simple like download the channel. Im getting a little closer everyday. I do have it working. Im getting ancy want to to put the belts one so I can finish the machine assembly and...

Miracle Ive made it this far. I feel like the machine is 90% done and next step is learing all the software. I hate to ask simple silly questions but.......
Ive got each limit switch wired in...

Measured with my other voltmeter and its the same. Im using the old power 24v power supply. I could use the 24v on the VFD. Measured at the VFD it is exactly 24v. I have all the limit switches wired...

Tom,
Im working on the limit switches. I was going to run 24v to the kanalog board for the limit switches. I measured with the voltmeter and Im getting 25.8v. Is that safe or should I use maybe 12v?

Thanks! Very helpful.
I get it now,by some miracle, I was able to get Y axis single ended encoder to work when it shouldn't have. What helps add to all the confusion is that all three encoders are...

Maybe I have my Y axis encoder wired wrong, but it seems pretty stable and doesnt jump count.

Z axis is single ended.
Y axis is single ended.
I have A+B+ and Z+ hooked up to the kanalog
In the configuration screen Channel 2 is my z axis, set to encoder. InputChan0 is set to 2
My Y axis...

I measured at the kanalog board terminals too and its the same measurement as on the encoder

Thanks for helping!
I was just looking in the "Axis" screen up in Kmotion. I probably didnt get a couple settings right? Dont think I did anything or the other two encoders.Maybe Tom can help?

Hi Jim Thanks for the reply!
5v+ to Common is 4.9v
Measuring Common to A+ checks out and B+ Checks out. Voltage varies with rotation. Measuring Z+ is a solid 4.8v. Measured the Y Axis and it reads...

Tuning coming up, current problem is encoders.
I cant seem to get the z axis encoder to read anything in kmotion. X and Y encoders work perfect
X axis encoder has A+A-B+B-Z+Z-
Y axis encoder only...

New kflop and Im back in action! Now to continue tuning

Waited all week for that usb interface chip. Was not successful at getting it replaced. Ordered a new kflop. Hope my kanalog is still good....

Different cable, different computer, nothing. Just lights blinking once and then solid. Ill try that part, I dont know if my soldering skills are that good, but worth a shot before I order a new...

All good info.
So Kflop lights on are kinda good?
I tried just the USB and lights would come on, but was not able to connect to the computer. I'll try another cable and computer and see what...

Thanks Jim, always to the rescue. lol Ill try and look through that later today.
I had the 5v for the encoders exposed. I moved somethings around, didnt notice I bumped something and moved a wire...

Just when I was getting somewhere.

Everything is unpluged from Kflop. 5v and my usb cable connected. The led lights on kflop flash once and turn solid. My computer doesnt reconize the klop. And I...

Am I suppose to be watching for something on the plot graph while adding D gain or just finding a maximum like P?

Had a minor set back yesterday. I accidentally shorted my 5v supply. Ive got 5v's...

How silly of me, somehow the positve watch limit box got checked. Wasnt me. lol

Ok back to work.
Im guessing Im looking at the plot graph for D gain. I added 1. Increased P gain slightly. Any...

Not sure what a max unstable D gain looks like.

Poking around, not sure what I did, but now when I hit the move button in Set response it seems to disable the servo now. I dont think it was the...

Understand....Yes? The maximum speed for my servo that the system can handle translating and applying output to the servo?
At a P gain of 2.8 or maybe it was 3, the servo motor wigs out and I get a...

Hi Tom!
Thanks for the reply. I have read the servo tuning guide, a couple times.
I read through alot of your posts and through the Tree build. I feel really bad about asking for help, Im sure your...

Well......Picked up a Lagunmatic 310 knee mill and figured Id give CNC milling a try. Ive gotten pretty far with the help of others. Probably should have started a build thread here, but Ill just...