my problem is more severe i cant end my program on my cnc5 I put a g22 code in and get a A00 error? Any ideas
Thanks
Gene
my problem is more severe i cant end my program on my cnc5 I put a g22 code in and get a A00 error? Any ideas
Thanks
Gene
I also have a CNC5 and have been having some difficulty with using MasterCAM to generate good code. I made the changes and updated the post as you suggested but still am having alarm problems with GO2's 3's. I can run a program and it will go through a couple 02 03 with problem then come to one and get the wrong radius alarm. Sometimes it won't even put a circular movement where there should be one. Do you have any other tips that might help?
Also, to Double G, I was having the same trouble finding my drawing when using a dxf and it was being loaded in the lower left of the screen view. So I did my drawing in the upper right and was able to find the drawing and then shift it into place.
Do you know of a diagram for a compact5 PC machine?Originally Posted by primotool
I have a emco cnc 5 and am using mastercam with the post update as shown in H2O's thread, but still can't get the thing to work right. If there is anyone successfully using the cnc 5 and mastercam could I contact you to talk about mine? I have worked with mastercam getting this to work right but they don't seem to really care a whole lot. I would just like to see how your config settings and other parameter setting are set up.
i have a good working post for mastercam 9 if anyone needs it let me know how to put it on here and i will i have ran several parts with it and it is working fine
joe
Im new here, new to cnc, and pretty new to lathes:P I need the manuals, programs, and to know how the computer hooks up. The machine has no paperwork and there is 1 connector not being used on the back of the lathe but no more cables. I checked the yahoo group but the cnc manual was a link which is now dead. I don't know what mastercam is other than checking their site, and I don't have the post processor either.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I can get help with the lathe itself but making it communicate with a PC, and then taking autocad files and converting them is what I will probably be hung up on.
You guys with the compact 5 lathes might want to look at the welsoft upgrade for these lathes, go to www.welsoft.com thay are in the UK.
Hello,
what is your EMCO Compact 5 PC Software Version?
regards
Frank
Gene,
I wonder if you managed to get a schematic? I am now in a similar situation and wonder if anyone can help. I purchased a compact 5 with turret a few weeks ago and have so far played around and turned out a few simple parts, I seem to of caught the bug though because I got a follow on from a guy with a later model compact 5 with M codes offering me a complete faulty machine with spares including chucks and a milling head. Apparently the spindle turns but there is no x-y movement and he has been told it is probably a relay fault.
So I am on the lookout for some info, unfortunately the Yahoo group link in this discussion seems to be inactive now.
Any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
Kevin
here you are gents here is a valid link for that emco user group. ive got all the files for the manual which include a simple wiring diagram which does display stepper motors connections etc, use that link or if still having trouble p.m your email me i'll mail the files over
hello gents, here is a valid link for that yahoo user group:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Emco_cnc_users/
if anyone is still having trouble getting the manual p.m me i can send it over through email i have saved it onto hdd.
there is a wiring diagram on page 35 perhaps it will help some, im not sure it is the full diagram for the machine just the main connections between hardware.
I'm just curious.
Would it be worthwhile and worth the $ to update the drivers/ boards (but keep the motors) to something capable of running something more current like Mach3 etc.? I'm in the process of updating a bridgeport type mill and it's not all that expensive. I would think that for under $500 or so it should be doable and might give you much greater flexibility.
Just a thought...
Hello,
i have designed a Interface Kit for EMCO Compact 5 CNC & 5 PC to use all
Software with Step/Dir. Use also original Encoder. Can switch between Full
Step / Half Step. Only move out CPU Board and Plug in the Interface.
The price for the Interface is Euro 400,--. You can see it on my Homepage
www.scnct.de But it´s only in German Language in the moment.
regards
Frank
First you have to understand where the position of the part is on the screen vs. when you open it up in another software package. to make it easy make a simple box drawing on the EMCO screen and save it in the "Archives" as a drawing (.dxf) file. Then open the desired CAD program and it will be in the upper +y,+x quadrant, note the position in X & Y and you can make yor drawings in this location, this way they will be in the correct area when you load them into the EMCO software. Any drawings drawn & saved in the EMCO software will load up in this area.
Once you "think" like the software its pretty simple. I make my drawings in the EMCO software and have been able to open them in BobCad, MasterCam, etc. I use the EMCO software to generate he code as well, sometimes its quirky but I have made dozens & dozens of parts on my PC5.
Do you have the EMCO manuals for programming?? They are much easier than AutoCad to learn as they were designed for highschool students with no expirence.
The motors are the first thing I would toss. They are like 60 oz inches and the resolution is about 1\3 of a modern 200 step motor. These motors are no longer avaliable and when they were were outrageously expensive at $ 500.00 EACH!! EMCO didnt use off the shelf motors and these were custom made for them.
First thing I would do is get 2 nice 145 oz. Pac Scientific steppers, drill & ream the shaft for the pin for the cogged belts, get 2 Gecko drives, breakout board & power supply. Mach3 software and your done, about $ 800.00.
A local engneer is working on a custom turret for these series lathes (PC5) as they werent offered with one from EMCO.
Did you check the fuses?, if you have no X or Y movement your stepper motor board may be bad, they can self desruct like mine did. Usuallywhen this happens the steppers go out as well. I have a CNC5 and one night afer work I decided to run a few parts, switched on the lathe and ran a program. About 15 seconds later I noticed the slides werent moving and I sawa perfect colunm of smoke rising about 2 feet over the "Z" axis. First reaction was "cool !!" but then realized it had taken big dump on me !! I called EMCO and almost fainted when they told me the price of the motors & stepper board. I found a good deal on the PC5 and am finishing up the conversion of the CNC soon.
Hi All...
I just discovered the CNCzone and it is great... I have a CNC5 that has had the electronics poop out... Or at least I think so. The tape drive had a problem, so at the suggestion of a gentlemen on the Yahoo users group, I just un plugged the drive and entered a short program by hand. It worked as fine... After not using the lathe for a number of months, I tried it again and now it won't work at all... The little 1 amp fuse on the power supply pops as soon as I turn on the power... Oh well, time for a retrofit I suppose...
Do any of you gentlemen have any suggestions for an idiot proof, bolt on, 'plug-n-play' retrofit system? Or how about a website that may offer such a system?
I would like to get the lathe working again...
Regards
and Happy New Year to you all...
Bob Emott
[email protected]
Bob,
I am retrofitting a Compact 5 PC lathe and have an available stepper board and original stepper mottors if you are interested. The Compact 5 PC and Compact 5 CNC use many of the same boards.
The part number on the stepper motor board I have is:
A6C403000
A6PC-001/U4
Look up the part number on your board and if the same this one may be of use to you.
If interested we can discuss how to trade. I would consider selling or trading for tooling.
Ed
Thanks for the offer but I think I want to do a complete electronic retrofit of my lathe. I had already purchased a new tape drive to try to get my lathe back into operation and this swap was not sucessful... So I think a complete changeover is my best route...
I tried the emulate this but i can only download a program from my CNC5 for some reason I cannot get the upload to work. I really do not understand this part:
first lines and last lines = 100(0)
add to end of line = "select CR+LF"
Did you actually type in "select CR+LF" with quotes and all? I tried that plus just using ascii keys and still did not work.
Any insight would be helpful.
Dan