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Thanks for taking the time to create the document. On page 3, I suggest mentioning the 945 error. This is a clear indicator that something is wrong with the Ethernet communication. It could be noise or sometimes incorrectly configured software (firewall, etc.). The 327 fault is not very helpful bec...

Needing to define an input as ProbeDetect when I don't have this function on my probe seems like a bug. I didn't have to do this in previous versions of CNC12. What if I didn't have any spare inputs? The concept of Normally Open (NO) and Normally Closed (NC) is also a bit confusing to me. By adding ...

I installed the braid and updated the article: https://rick.sparber.org/VFD_Noise_Reduction.pdf Conclusion: the simple sheet metal strap and the braided copper tubing both eliminated the corrupted data between CNCPC and Acorn. I found no good test to see how much noise margin exists so it was not po...

I had a similar problem when I upgraded to 4.12. I forget the precise details but IIRC it was due to the probe detect input being set as NC instead or NO or similar. It then thinks the probe is connected when it isn't, hence the slow moves. You may even have to go into the config setup to rectify i...

I wrote up my fix and why it worked: https://rick.sparber.org/VFD_Noise_Reduction.pdf Questions and comments welcome. Rick Thanks Rick, Are you ordering the cable from Automation Direct I suggested above? Specifically designed for VFDs? Or what do you plan to use. I await with great interest your n...

With the noise problem behind me, I've hit a new problem. Before updating to 4.12, my touchdown probe worked fine. Now I'm getting a warning that a probe has been detected so I can only manually move slowly. I verified that my probe is connected to IN6. I used the input scanner to verify I can chang...

I wrote up my fix and why it worked:

https://rick.sparber.org/VFD_Noise_Reduction.pdf

Questions and comments welcome.

Rick

We just took delivery of a MTE machining center with a Heindenhain TNC I580 control. The conductors of the line and load sides of the spindle drive are wrapped around double ferite cores for the purpose of emi supression. The details are buried somewhere in this tome of a technical manual. The thin...

I would throw away my Teco drive in a heartbeat if the data supported this action. Rick message 327 is the g code job canceled message. this is caused by any number of things.. to find out what caused the 327 message look at the error message prior to it. there you will see the cause of the 327 mes...

[/quote] Rick this would make a great video for you to share. This particular issue plagues many. Showing it on video, test points, how you found it, showing the scope display before and after and explaining things would be a great help. You are very good at write ups and videos! Please consider it!...