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I want to get my Taig mill up and running, listing some things for sale to help make it happen. 

• Mesa 7i95T : New unused (only opened for photos)
• Price $182 + S&H

 

• Geckodrive G540 : Used (was a bench test unit for me , never on a machine)
• Price $160 + S&H

 

• Geckodrive GR214V : [x3 units] New unused (only opened for photos)
• Price $390 + S&H 

 

• EtherCAT AX58100 AX58100-EVB-1 Evaluation Board : Unused (only opened for photos)
• Price $80 + S&H

 

• Duet3D Duet 3 Mainboard 6XD V1.02 : Unused (only opened the box for photos)
• Price $155 + S&H
  
  Any questions let me know, I tried to include manuals where applicable with the photos in case any additional product information is needed. I respond asap , Contact details and photos are here  desertshedstudio.com/listings/

I don't mean to downplay your experience - I believe you. The forum has been slow for quite a while, but usually works eventually, It got a lot worse yesterday morning when the current attack began in earnest.
Things seem to be better now, but are not optimal or even acceptable.
We'll continue to work on keeping the forum running reliably.
Thanks!

For what it's worth, I've been trying to get a forum page to load from Wednesday morning until this evening.

Hi Guys, 
I'm new to the forum here. I have a milling machine with a JMC Servo motor (110JAS) driving the spindle. It has stopped working with an alarm AL-610 that started whilst I was loading/writing a new parameter to the servo drive via the JMC diagnostics software. As it was writing it triggered the alarm that caused the machine to e-stop. Powering back up even after leaving for 15minutes still produces the alarm. AL-610 is "encoder offline" fault. Despite that, I am confident the hardware is all fine and it is the parameters that have become corrupted. Does anyone know how to perform a factory reset? 

This is amazing, thank you for sharing!

It is WAY better now, than it was this morning!!! A big thanks to all that worked on it!

Since I understood absolutely nothing from the author's description of the thread, and the matter intrigued me, I decided to try to reproduce this error.

It looks like this:
 
Here with the dark theme, which in my opinion is absolutely useless in practice, but shows better which line is highlighted:
 

To sum up.
The error only occurs when the percent sign is preceded by blank lines. (If any text precedes it, the program cannot be loaded.)
Then, if we select a path in the preview, the nth line of the file will be highlighted in the file window instead of the nth line of g-code.

Overall, the error is insignificant and occurs in very specific conditions, but this thread is proof that the user can become very confused... 

What firmware do you need?

Most have been updated to include the newer PWM module but maybe not all...

7I97T firmware is available here:

www.mesanet.com/software/parallel/7i97t.zip

( This link is in the specifications tab of the 7I97T in Mesa's webstore )

 

The forum has been under a sustained attack for a bit over a day (not "more than a week", as the post above indicates). We're doing what we can to mitigate the attack. Please try to be patient as we work to keep the forum available. We're not going to disclose the nature of the attack nor the mitigation measures we're taking, so please don't ask about that.
Thanks.

Thanks for the link and recommendation, that helped a lot. The machine is now moving on all axes, homing correctly, and the noise disappeared.

A quick question about the 7i97T bitfile: the firmware I flashed doesn't include dither support. Is there an alternate build available with pwm mode 1? I couldn't locate it in the repository.

This forum has been more flaky than usual lately almost to the point of being unusable.

 

Is this something we in the community do anything about?

The forum is pretty much the heart of the community and it's noticeable less activity here when it takes minutes to load a page.

Whenever I tap the file icon with the + on it to create a new program, it starts off with 1-4 as empty lines before it puts M2 on the 5th line. This was throwing off the sequence between the program vs what was shown in the preview creating my issue. Now that I'm aware of it I can delete the empty lines prior to writing the program.

hallo,

 

I have added a zip file containing subroutines and python scripts I use on Axis I have them listed below some I have made and others I have tweaked to work in Python3 (not all needed doing).

Contained in Python Scripts Folder

    Engrave.py              A script to create a single line of text.

    Ruler.py                A script to generate a ruler with markings.

    Bezel.py                A script to create a rotary scale with or without number markings.

    Contour.py              A script to enable creating toolpaths on a variety of shapes Circle,oval,rectangle,slot,polygon and path with a range of modifiers.

    Face.py                 A script to generate toolpath to cut a defined area.

    Grill.py                A script to generate a set of holes for a grill in a variety of shapes with user definable settings.

    Holecircle.py           Script runs from within linuxcnc to create toolpath to drill holes on a PCD.

    Grid_G81.py             Script to drill a grid of hole or mill a grid of lines or both useful when creating sacrificial work beds on a router.

    PresetG54.py            Script to create a preset file for G54 offset.

    Pocket.py               Script to create toolpaths to cnc machine round and rectangular pockets.

    pcd_hole_circle.py      Script to generate toolpath to drill holes on a PCD or save as a csv file.
 

Subroutines
Contained in the Subroutines folder

     g54_here.ngc           Sets G54 offset at current position
     
     go_to_home.ngc         returns tool to G54 x and y position after raising Z

     safe_g28.ngc           Sends the tool back to absolute machine home after raising Z

     z_touch.ngc            simple subroutine to set Z height with a touch probe 

github.com/storytold
Open each project, on the right side click on "releases", then click on the version you want for Linux or Win or...
Several packages for Linux usually, so choose first for aarch if using Raspberry PI, or X86_64 as .deb or as .appimage, where appimage does not install just make it executable in permissions and double click, or use the deb to install with gdebi.
Did not test, just downloaded all as they might disappear since they are all free versions of very expensive software from a very nasty company.