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I have installed an air blower system on my machine. It operates as it should when I use the control panel to turn the output (No 5) on and off. This tells me that all is well with the. wiring, the relay, and the Acorn. How do I now get the post processor to insert the code to turn it on and off. Be...

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I see where the Z Zero macro is now a part of the VCP. How do I program one of the aux keys on my pendant to start the Z Zero routine?

Keith - you called it. Took the motor off of the machine and this is what I found.
Clearpath has a good write up on the subject of clamping Here
https://teknic.com/files/downloads/Secu ... Shafts.pdf

I have just installed the C-86 board on my Acorn. Apparently there are two settings that have to do with the alarm system on the clearpath motors. Each axis has a "Hard - Soft" setting that determins whether the motor reacs to hardware of software changes. There is also an Acorn on off set...

I took the computer home, cleaned all of the centroid program material off, downloaded a fresh install from the web, re-installed it and now everything seems to work like it should. That box you show circled in your message was not appearing in the first install.

I tried to install the latest version of CNC 12 V4.82. When I first ran it it tried to flash the EProm (or whatever non volatile memory is used) in the Acorn board. It failed and told me so on the screen. I shut down the program and the acorn then re-started. When it re-started it went directly to t...

I don't understand why Centroid would put a whole section into their software that does not do anything. Also why can I not change the selection? Is that common?

I am installing the C86 board in my centroid acorn system. I have upgraded the program to the latest and now I am trying to change the drive type from the default to Clearpath. The program will not accept it. It says that the change has been done and re-cycle the program. I have tried multiple times...

Checked the resistors and sure enough they were 1K. I ordered the C86ACCP board and this looks very promising.