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I recently needed to put my cnc wood lathe back in service, everything worked fine then suddenly it didn't. I only use my second acorrn for very simple 2 axis control on the lathe. I ended up switching to half duplex and everything worked fine. I also am running 3 and 4 axis with my other card on my...

never mind, I sorted it out

My computer self destructed, I down loaded 5.06 and it wont read 4.06 report. I need to reverse directions on some of the axes wizard won't let me edit the needed polarity I have manually reset most things but presently the polarity on the x is the only one which is correct. HELP I have to he3ad for...

evidently I did something wrong on all my searches on this topic, my apologies plenty of info out there

I am wondering if there is anything in the Acorn code that will allow a software debounce routine for a mechanical probe, if not is there any point to setting up a debounce circuit between the probe and the main board?

I w able to finally get a scan that produced some usable data, only had 40 or 50 unscheduled stops, but I got the full surface. I am now wondering if it is possible to have the data stored as a csv file. The data was expressed as if it was a gcode file where the repeated unchanged data are not expre...

ok thanks, I'll check it out. the computer is in the same cabinet as the acorn and the dribes, should i move it to a different cabinet?

been busy making things, got the video posted on you tube

report_74E182A8108A-0319191774_2020-10-21_22-20-16.zip Here is the report I generated I took a video of the machine stalling or what ever it is it is doing. Unfortunately my phone and my computer don't seem to want to cooperate. as I said before, every thing seems to operate fine, it is just stoppi...

I tried shortening the shielded cable there was no difference, I did discover that when it stopped whether the the probe was tripped, or at the position to move to probe, or having just moved back from probe, if I switched the axis on the MPG unit, rotated the dial , pushed the cycle start button, i...