MPG not working. < fixed >

[mc2]

I just received the wireless MPG. I am familiar with these as I have one on a Mach 3 machine and it works great.

I followed the direction shipped with the unit. When I powered up I can see that I have a wifi connection and batteries are good. That is all. I noticed on the youtube videos that there is more information on the screen including "Centroid". This would lead me to believe that these are programmed specifically for Centroid. Since I don't even have that I am guessing that this unit may not be programmed?

FWI I am retrofitting a Taig gang tool lathe with clearpath motors using the Acorn controller. I do have the pro license needed to make the MPG work and I have already upgraded the Centroid software to Ver. 14.

Also as a side note: I am using a clearpath AC motor for my spindle motor. This is a great motor however the Centroid software is not setup to use this motor very easily. I am working around all of that and may need to learn the PLC language to fix my enable signal issues.

Jim.

[Gary Campbell]

Reboot the PC and Acorn with the pendant on

[mc2]

Thanks Gary. That did the trick. That should be added into the instructions.

Jim.

[martyscncgarage]

I will tell you that when I make a hardware change, PLC mod, I power everything down and back up. Acorn and the CNC PC. Sure fire way to make sure the software is configured and ready to go.

[mc2]

You would think that with what I do for a living I would have rebooted. Oh well lesson learned.

Jim.

[martyscncgarage]

You would think that with what I do for a living I would have rebooted. Oh well lesson learned.

Jim.

Don't feel bad Jim, I've done it more than once!
Marty

[TheKitMill]

Hi All Same problem with MPG, I upgraded to new version I have the pro version and bought the MPG from Centroid. The computer see the MPG Centroid give error message that I need to upgrade to Pro, or buy a MPG. Also when I power down after saving changes to Wizzard the control reverts back to Test bench and not to the DMM servos I have it set for. Any ideas Re install?

[martyscncgarage]

Hi All Same problem with MPG, I upgraded to new version I have the pro version and bought the MPG from Centroid. The computer see the MPG Centroid give error message that I need to upgrade to Pro, or buy a MPG. Also when I power down after saving changes to Wizzard the control reverts back to Test bench and not to the DMM servos I have it set for. Any ideas Re install?

When you upgrade to 4.14 you have to reinstall your Pro license
Marty

[Dan M]

Thanks for the heads up on the reboot, I have one on the way and can't wait to try it out!

Hopefully I don't have the issue I read in a different post that it needs to have some distance from the antenna (which to me doesn't make a lot of sense, since it's not a rc car from the 80s). My cncpc is attached to my machine so the pendant won't ever be further than a few feet from the antenna. I guess I'll know next week. UPS and FedEx need to take note from USPS funny how much things have changed in the last 15 years.


Dan

[slodat]

Dan,

I asked Centroid to ship my last order USPS so it wouldn’t take 5-7 days to traverse the country. I feel you.