On Sunday 29 November 2009, Stuart Stevenson wrote: >Gentlemen, > There is a lot to be said for solitude. I complained about not be able to >get the fourth linear axis working. Yesterday, Saturday, with no one at the >shop but me I was able to >start the machine >check out a few things - halcmd show and halmeter >setp the Pgain >the 4th axis is now working >I made no changes to the ini or hal files >to get the direction correct I had to change the scales' signs > As I get older is seems the distractions are more distracting. Sometimes > I need a cocoon. :) > Last week on Ebay I found a read head for the Y axis scale. I will go to >Lawton Oklahoma next week to get it installed. > To get the W axis encoder working I removed the encoder and connected it >direct to the ppmc board. It worked there. > I then connected it to the machine side of the terminal strip in the >cabinet. It worked there. > I then reconnected it at the motor. Now it worked there. > I think maybe the machine side of the terminal strip in the cabinet was >not correct. I think the 0 volt wire had the wire folded back against the >insulation and was not making contact under the screw and when I > reconnected the wires I was able to fix the problem. > I am able to MDI some motion. I like touchy a lot. Mucho thanks cradek. > I haven't run a program in auto yet. The Y axis brake is still sticking. > I think a transformer is bad. It is suppose to have 90V to unclamp. It > only has 52V. I should find out tomorrow.
2 more things to check then, Stuart. 1: Is that transformer supposed to be getting 230 volts and you are only giving it 127? 2: Does this supply make dc? If so, how are the filter caps? > We had to fix one of the hydrostatic way bladders again. Not bad >considering we fixed 4 leaking bladders and only had one still leak with > 500 psi on it. > I have a regular MPG I will use to replace the elcheepo ones on the >control now. With touchy I only need one. sweet > A little progress. I am happy. > Incredible software. Incredible support. I agree, these guys and their code are a blessing. >thanks >Stuart > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> If people drank ink instead of Schlitz, they'd be better off. -- Edward E. Hippensteel [What brand of ink? Ed.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
