Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
05 Nov 2017 23:27 #101381
by jamby
Replied by jamby on topic Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
JT
Out on Hood Canal in Washington State. Just north of Lilliwaup, down the road from Duckabush.
Jim
Out on Hood Canal in Washington State. Just north of Lilliwaup, down the road from Duckabush.
Jim
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05 Nov 2017 23:32 #101382
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
Close to XXCoder then quite a bit from me in Swamp East Missouri....
JT
JT
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06 Nov 2017 16:43 #101438
by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
If you continue to get the sserial errors on startup, it may be a hardware failure of
some kind (maybe electrical damage when changing cables?) so I would request an
RMA and send the complete card/cable pair back to Mesa for evaluation/repair/replacement
some kind (maybe electrical damage when changing cables?) so I would request an
RMA and send the complete card/cable pair back to Mesa for evaluation/repair/replacement
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06 Nov 2017 19:52 #101460
by jamby
Replied by jamby on topic Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
PCW
The computer starts up and when linuxcnc is started no errors are shown. With power on the 7i77 and the mill servos powered up everything looks like it should until jogging any axis. That's when the following error occurs. The serial port errors appeared later when I was operating the machine in manual mode.
Don't know if that makes any difference.
Thanks
Jim
The computer starts up and when linuxcnc is started no errors are shown. With power on the 7i77 and the mill servos powered up everything looks like it should until jogging any axis. That's when the following error occurs. The serial port errors appeared later when I was operating the machine in manual mode.
Don't know if that makes any difference.
Thanks
Jim
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06 Nov 2017 20:17 #101462
by andypugh
Which serial cable?
Replied by andypugh on topic Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
About the only thing I remember doing was disconnecting the serial cable from the computer to see if I had enough length to move the box to another location.
Which serial cable?
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06 Nov 2017 21:13 #101465
by jamby
Replied by jamby on topic Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
Andy
Its a parallel port cable that came with the card set 5i25-7i77
Jim
Its a parallel port cable that came with the card set 5i25-7i77
Jim
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06 Nov 2017 21:16 - 06 Nov 2017 21:18 #101466
by jamby
Replied by jamby on topic Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
PCW
Sorry I am giving you bad information. The serial port errors appear because the power to the 7i77 (which is in a separate box) is turned off. Otherwise the only error messages are joint x following errors.
Sorry for muddying the waters.
Jim
Sorry I am giving you bad information. The serial port errors appear because the power to the 7i77 (which is in a separate box) is turned off. Otherwise the only error messages are joint x following errors.
Sorry for muddying the waters.
Jim
Last edit: 06 Nov 2017 21:18 by jamby.
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07 Nov 2017 00:44 - 07 Nov 2017 00:44 #101480
by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
OK so it looks like at least the 5I25 --> 7I77 stuff is working
I would check the analog outputs and the drive enables
You may want to set the following error limits wider for testing, maybe 1/2 an inch or so.
This is because the first thing that happens with a following error is that the drive enables are
turned off and the analog outputs are disabled
I would check the analog outputs and the drive enables
You may want to set the following error limits wider for testing, maybe 1/2 an inch or so.
This is because the first thing that happens with a following error is that the drive enables are
turned off and the analog outputs are disabled
Last edit: 07 Nov 2017 00:44 by PCW.
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07 Nov 2017 17:37 #101497
by jamby
Replied by jamby on topic Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
PCW
Found it! It was a loose connection at the P7 connector on the PCB803 card. Once I reseated that everything worked as before. I am sure this is because of something I was doing while looking into getting rid of the old anilam control completely.
Thanks for leading me back to the light..
Jim
Found it! It was a loose connection at the P7 connector on the PCB803 card. Once I reseated that everything worked as before. I am sure this is because of something I was doing while looking into getting rid of the old anilam control completely.
Thanks for leading me back to the light..
Jim
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07 Nov 2017 19:07 #101505
by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Went to start up mill and none of the axis will move?
Great, glad it was something simple
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