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Post by jms on Dec 16, 2019 17:07:13 GMT
Hi, I just keep hitting road block after road block. The z motor is reaching 160 degF, in UGS platform it seems to just disconnect , tried another usb port and ran the test file from getting started resourse pdf. Which confused me cause its a .txt file not a gcode file....but I tried and the display showed me just yellow zig zag lines and not the Mill Rite CNC words......the pic shows what it cut but it got me nervous so I stopped it, and machine seemed to be jerky and not fluid. Edit....i tried the other ugs program, cause that had a send button in it, so it started cutting, not sure what....and then it just stopped ...had to shut down everything unplug everything and start it all up again just to get bit up and out of wood. I am so frustrated !!!!!!
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Post by jms on Dec 16, 2019 23:58:29 GMT
here is my gcode when i connect.
>>> $$ $0 = 10 (Step pulse time, microseconds) $1 = 255 (Step idle delay, milliseconds) $2 = 0 (Step pulse invert, mask) $3 = 3 (Step direction invert, mask) $4 = 0 (Invert step enable pin, boolean) $5 = 0 (Invert limit pins, boolean) $6 = 0 (Invert probe pin, boolean) $10 = 1 (Status report options, mask) $11 = 0.010 (Junction deviation, millimeters) $12 = 0.002 (Arc tolerance, millimeters) $13 = 0 (Report in inches, boolean) $20 = 0 (Soft limits enable, boolean) $21 = 1 (Hard limits enable, boolean) $22 = 1 (Homing cycle enable, boolean) $23 = 0 (Homing direction invert, mask) $24 = 35.000 (Homing locate feed rate, mm/min) $25 = 800.000 (Homing search seek rate, mm/min) $26 = 200 (Homing switch debounce delay, milliseconds) $27 = 4.000 (Homing switch pull-off distance, millimeters) $30 = 12000 (Maximum spindle speed, RPM) $31 = 0 (Minimum spindle speed, RPM) $32 = 1 (Laser-mode enable, boolean) $100 = 100.000 (X-axis travel resolution, step/mm) $101 = 100.000 (Y-axis travel resolution, step/mm) $102 = 200.000 (Z-axis travel resolution, step/mm) $110 = 10500.000 (X-axis maximum rate, mm/min) $111 = 9525.000 (Y-axis maximum rate, mm/min) $112 = 2200.000 (Z-axis maximum rate, mm/min) $120 = 600.000 (X-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2) $121 = 600.000 (Y-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2) $122 = 200.000 (Z-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2) $130 = 632.000 (X-axis maximum travel, millimeters) $131 = 626.000 (Y-axis maximum travel, millimeters) $132 = 128.000 (Z-axis maximum travel, millimeters) ok >>> $G [GC:G0 G54 G17 G21 G90 G94 M5 M9 T0 F0 S0] ok
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Post by Derek the Admin on Dec 17, 2019 1:26:56 GMT
You should run "air cuts" without the spindle or VFD on. It's an unfamiliar spindle to us so we can't say much about it, but VFDs and spindles can cause interference. IF it's not that, it looks like you have binding on the X axis that is causing lost steps. If that is the case, it means it is not well aligned. Your settings look to be good in terms of being the default settings.
The stepper motor can get over 200 degrees Fahrenheit and be just fine.
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Post by jms on Dec 17, 2019 3:47:56 GMT
Could it be the computer i am using is old, it even takes me several times turning it off and on to boot up, and its sloooooow. But once its up and running it seems ok.
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Post by jms on Dec 17, 2019 19:08:24 GMT
I moved spindle wire furthere away, tried again, better, but a couple of the letters on the left overwrote themselves.....so I checked for binding in X, I had a small amount rotating ball screw to the left. I got rails parallel with vernier, lossened the L brackets holding bearings, and loosened X motor. It seemed it was more the X motor needed a slight adjustment. OK, success !!!! Joe
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Post by Bruce on Dec 18, 2019 1:21:43 GMT
Sometimes it takes a bit to work out the wrinkles. Keep on truckin'! (yes I know, it's an old slogan from the 70s )
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Post by jms on Dec 18, 2019 13:36:07 GMT
I used to do astrophotography, have an observatory where I can remotely operate everything from house, getting everything to play nice with eacother was very frustrating, cameras, computer, filter wheel, focuser, image aquisition software..... one time observatory got zapped by lightning and got the computer and optical encoders, had to get another one and reload everything into it.....took me 3 months to get it all working again and play nice with eachother......this cnc stuff seems frighteningly familiar !!!!
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Post by Derek the Admin on Dec 19, 2019 0:10:53 GMT
Nice work! Glad all is well now.
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