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Gary I think this is the time to add a report. Are your network addresses set? Are you getiing indication of communication? Thanks I can post a report but it’s not changed since the last report that was posted because it’s the first time it was turned on since the benched testing it all went fine. ...

I have a question about startup sequence. I have come to the place I am ready to startup the machine and do the tuning and testing that is necessary for all of the different components. When I did the initial bench test everything went fine, but before I went farther I wanted to update the Beagle Bo...

Got the Beagle Bone update today. Simple and quick. Thanks!

Thanks, that is what I thought, just wanted to make sure I was clear on it. I did all the tuning with it on the bench, but just wanted to run it again now that the motors are in the machine, so it is tuned real world. Gary

Thanks Keith for the manual. I have been reading through it and have a couple of questions. It has been quite some time since I did my initial bench testing and there are several steps added here in the manual that weren’t in the original sheets, such as the communication stress test and spindle ben...

Thanks Marc, that is somewhere in the future although it is something I am pursuing. I do have a question for the now. The Hickory diagram shows the spindle load meter attached from the drive Fanuc in my case to the Hickory board. The machine has a spindle load meter already attached to the drive. T...

I have two machines, so once I get this one functional I will probably tear into the other and just see how much room there is and what can be done. I hate to mess with this one at this stage of the game because I know it will work enough to get by. With Hickory I am also tied to ethercat servos whi...

Prior to starting, I could operate the turret, open and close the collet chuck, disengage the spindle brake by jumping them out manually without any problems. The turret has alway been a bit iffy on whether it would land and lock down properly. I am hoping at some point to convert it to a servo driv...

Made some pretty good progress today. I have all the inputs hooked up and most of the outputs.

It shouldn’t be long until I can power things up and do some testing.
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Thanks Marc, your response gives me another question, forgive the crumby drawing, but this is what I did on the e-stop circuit. Since I was using the original CR1 I couldn’t really see a reason to use the CNT1 relay and send 24v to power a relay to power the CN6 24v when I could just power the CN6 d...