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Problem fixed by adding the snubber. Thanks for all of the help.

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I turned off the remote control, removed the dongle, and changed the WMPG setting in the PLC to "none". I then ran the spindle bench test with the spindle disconnected. All 4 voltage readings were within the specified range. (1.66v,3.38v,6.76v,10.13v) I ran the bench test again with the VFD ...

First, the symptoms. Several months ago I started having several different issues with controlling my CNC. The MPG started responding strangely. Sometimes it would work but with an unreal lag time for updating the display. Other times it would cause an axis to move in a jerking motion in both ...

I'm trying to set up a single PC to control a plasma table as well as a router table. Two different tables, two different Acorn controllers. I have the ethernet cables running to a multiport switchbox. Is there a "best way" to set this up? I noticed that there is a "router plasma swap" option when ...

Never mind. I'm an idiot. I loaded the file in mm and everything seems to be working now. I assumed that it would convert units

Thanks for your time.

I was thinking that might be the issue when I first started. I've used CNC12 a good bit with a large CNC router table and I've had the same errors when using it and I forget to switch the origin from the bottom of the stock to the top or from center to a corner. In those cases the travel error is ...

I'm building a ~4X8 plasma cutter. I'm running Clearpath servos through a C86ACCP to the Acorn board. I have the TX and RX boards connected as well as a Primeweld Cut60. The Clearpath motors are set up to home automatically on first enable.

The motion is seemingly being controlled as it should. I ...