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I have finally slayed the installation dragon. i got a clean system test just in time to find out the the intercon faults out and is unusable. UGH. "option 509 not available" and nothing offred if the troubleshooting section of the intercon operation manual explaning what this might be. i ...

I am diying a mill and am having issues with faults. then i last worked in this machine FEB 2018 i had the table moving in mdi and with the jog panel. the table movements were erratic. the first move would move 1/2 the distance i directed it to move and the second move was the correct distance. then...

Do you know for sure what your encoder count is? 2000 Can you manually turn the screw and count how many turns it takes to move an inch? 5 all axis What is the belt reduction between the servo motor and the screw? direct drive The encoders are new centroid encoders the original encoders were only 5...

I am working on a milling machine 3 axis at this point. the machine is a shizouka with baldor servos. now i know about posting a report.
i did try tonite the g0x0 and the machine did return back to the start point.

thanks
gary

while working thru the motor setup i put the tape measure on the table and commanded the machine to move x 6 inches. the table moves 5 inches. not what i really wanted, so i gave the command to move the table back x-6 and the machine moved back 6". another command to x6 and the table moved 6&qu...