I bought a used Puma 6s With a Mits Meldas controller and I cannot thread. Comes up with an alarm that says the spindle is not on. Works only with dry run. Found out the tach is not reading. Also, the rpms are actually 1/3 what is programmed. Example, if you program 1000, the display shows "S1 303" and below that shows "( 0)". The 303 is verified with an independent tach check. It had an 8" chuck on it that can only rev 1900 rpms. I'm thinking the previous owner changed some parameters that lied to the gear ratio so if you program in 6000 it will actually rev 2000. Then disabled the tach so it wouldn't alarm out because the rpms don't match. Why not just change the max permitted rpm? I don't know. Is this even possible or am I making a conspiracy theory? I talked first with Daewoo, they referred me to Mits. Mits worked with me over the phone and eventually gave up and said I need a new spindle driver. I can't believe that. I'm asking fellow machinists first before I send in my driver. Thanks for any help.
Frank