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by mfry
Sat Apr 14, 2018 1:58 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: air blow programming
Replies: 4
Views: 1809

Re: air blow programming

Of course. Thanks

edit to add: This works fine now, just added the line so it still operates via aux6 key but unless I install a mister this is a perfectly good solution for me. many thanks
by mfry
Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:39 am
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: air blow programming
Replies: 4
Views: 1809

Re: air blow programming

The PLC program sources on your control are a bit of a mess. However, you can probably achieve what you want with minimal disruption, if you locate the line in the PC-based PLC program which currently reads if (!M6 & Aux_6_key) then (pc_aux_6_led),(air_blow_sol) and change it to read if (!M6 &a...
by mfry
Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:01 am
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: air blow programming
Replies: 4
Views: 1809

air blow programming

I have a VMC running CNC10 v2.72. There is an air blow plumbed in (same air blow used for tool changes has a spigot next to the coolant) but it is only operated by the Aux6 key, there is no M code to operate it (machine builder thought it was M7 but it isn't so no help there). Instructions in the ma...
by mfry
Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:40 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Running Centroid CNC In Virtual PC Environment
Replies: 17
Views: 6980

Re: Running Centroid CNC In Virtual PC Environment

A pain in the a$$. CS Labs allow a DHCP offer to be made to allow a LAN. The only way I can therefore use this PC for Centroid control and internet access is either a 2nd NIC or wireless card. I mean, the idea of having the PC online to get gcode etc cant be that much of an edge case? I dont want t...
by mfry
Mon Mar 12, 2018 6:00 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: software backlash compensation dude
Replies: 2
Views: 1417

Re: software backlash compensation dude

The software will let you set any values. But realistically, if it's compensating more than .001" to. 002" you will see it in your circles. On any machine, any control system. With stepper motors and acme screws it's just impossible to do some things.
by mfry
Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:10 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Running Centroid CNC In Virtual PC Environment
Replies: 17
Views: 6980

Re: Running Centroid CNC In Virtual PC Environment

I'm curious, can we change from the default 10.x.x.x range to something that will work on an existing LAN such as 192.168.x.x ? No, the IP address must be set to a static 10.168.41.1 in order to communicate with the motion control. A pain in the a$$. CS Labs allow a DHCP offer to be made to allow a...
by mfry
Sat Jan 27, 2018 1:05 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: atc reversing error
Replies: 5
Views: 2067

Re: atc reversing error

Yeah, that's an excellent point. I thought the plc code may have changed in the update, but comparing them both in notepad++ I see it hasn't. I've replaced the sensor like for like and it seems to be doing its thing so there must be something else going on or something I inadvertently got wrong on t...
by mfry
Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:15 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: atc reversing error
Replies: 5
Views: 2067

Re: atc reversing error

So after some more poking around I found the carousel rotate routine in the plc source file. The following excerpt: ATC_ROTATE ;-------------------- if true then set Car_Motor_En, (ATC_ROTATE_T1), (ATC_ROTATE_T2) Since the counter shouldn't signal for at least half a turn of the carousel motor, can ...
by mfry
Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:06 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: atc reversing error
Replies: 5
Views: 2067

atc reversing error

Hi guys. I bought this machine knowing it had an issue with the ATC. Index the carousel and it would move about two tools then error out. Wasn't getting a tool counter signal. So i replaced the proximity sensor and now it indexes fine -- until it I reverse direction. Then it stops immediately, but a...
by mfry
Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:55 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: CNC10 update
Replies: 8
Views: 3416

Re: CNC10 update

So I finally got it to work! Found a PS2 mouse, installed directly to an SSD. Had some issues so if anybody else is in this sort of spot here's what I had to do: Boot into gparted on a usb stick. Format the SSD -- one primary ext3 partition of less than 4GB, a second primary partition sized the rest...