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Ok, Here is what I would like to do. I am using the mastercam - generic post off of the mach3 website. I am running an older boss bridgeport. Everything is working great , but I am trying to figure...

So I believed I have tracked down a problem.

When I pulled the x servo and hooked it up to viper tune It holds in the CCW direction, but will not hold in the CW direction. Basically the servo...

so , I retuned the motors and while running the movements from mach3 there is very little error at the end of the movement. like 1 or 2 counts and then it goes right to 0 very quickly.
When doing...

ok I tried the 256 ppr , it cam out to 10240. That was not right. What is with hysteresis? I guess I dont understand what it does.

I will try the steps for 256 counts tonight and check them to see if they are dirty.

I dont know, maybe the encoder count is to small for the viper drives . They look brand new. Maybe i shouldnt assume that they are 250 as well. It will be .017 off in a long distance and .005 in...

I dont know if that last one went through, but its like autocalibration made it worse.

I am familiar with the auto calibration. Its just weird. I did that and it was like it made it worse

I know this has been discussed before, but I am just having a hell of a time. I believe the encoders to be 250ppr . I know that they recommend higher ppr , but these came with the mill and I have...

something new, I did the exerciser on the viper tuning software and it will run all day long , I then stop it , wait a few seconds , start it again and I get encoder failure. anybody else get this

i am getting pretty much the same thing on the y axis of my v2xt. I have been able to make it repeat a bunch. I move the x and y around for a bit and then let it sit for about 15 seconds and then...

I have viper 200's connected to my servos on my bridgeport v2xt. I would like to have manual hand wheels on the x and y . Is it possible to just put a switch in between the drives and the motors to...

ah ha , forgot that I had 2 complete manuals on this machine. Here is the original encoder wire. I will try this one before I buy a replacement.

ok , Larry , I kind of jumped the gun. after a few hours of going over your manual and doing some searching , I finally got the x to hold and started tuning the pid . After that the y was easy. Sorry...

I have the same problem. I am looking everywhere for the pin outs on that encoder.

By the way. I get 5 red flashed . I know it is an encoder trip. Where should I go from here?

I am setting up my first viper 200 drive using the original servos and renco encoders. Had to trace wires from the encoders to get the right wires to plug into the drive. So , I finally got to the...