Error,

This should help with what I can't describe.

drive.google.com/file/d/1X3XSeql0a9D60dk...DrQ/view?usp=sharing

tjamscad wrote:

This will allow LinuxCNC to load but when the machine is powered on the drives and contactors go crazy. The also causes a joint 2 following error. That is my Z axis.

This appears to be what is happening when I turn the machine on.

I dont know when these were done or how acuret they are but here they are.

drive.google.com/file/d/0B86EwtSOzbrjNHN...NkE/view?usp=sharing

If i comment out the XX axis PRDY line for X,Y and Z linuxCNC will boot and run I just can't move any axes.
####################################################################
#
# MACHINE ON
#
# connections to start machine when MACHINE ON is pressed
#
net MachineIsOn <= motion.motion-enabled
net MachineIsOn => ppmc.0.dout.00.out # X ax is drive enable
net MachineIsOn => ppmc.0.dout.01.out # X axis PRDY
net MachineIsOn => ppmc.0.dout.02.out # Y axis drive enable
net MachineIsOn => ppmc.0.dout.03.out # Y axis PRDY
net MachineIsOn => ppmc.0.dout.04.out # Z axis drive enable
net MachineIsOn => ppmc.0.dout.05.out # Z axis PRDY
net MachineIsOn => ppmc.0.dout.06.out # ESTOP
net MachineIsOn => ppmc.0.dout.10.out # hyd pump & spdl oil cooler
#
####################################################################

The relay that is sparking so much in the video is for the hydraulic pump.

Unfortunately, you are using non-standard board addresses, so the diagnostic program won't work properly.
The diagnostic is dumb, it will only test an encoder board at address 0, a DAC board at address 4 and a DIO board at address 6. So, if you change one of your encoder boards at a time to address 0, then you can test it with the commtest mode. Then, you can swap the address settings and try the other board.
If the commtest works OK, that will indicate that communication between the PC and the encoder boards is good.
If the commtest does not give a no errors report, then you have to debug further.

Jon

Also note that the new version encoder boards take up 2 addresses, so when you have that one at address zero, there should be no board at address 1. My usual setup is encoder boards at addr 0 and 2, DACs at addr 4 and 5, and DIOs starting at addr 6.

Jon

I moved the card addresses and here are the results.

What are the dip switches combination for addressing? Is there a chart?

1-1-1-1 =0 ??