Tree Journeyman 250 CNC

[Britayik]

[lavrgs]

OOPS I see you have a physical control panel. Can you turn off the auto spindle and run it manually by pushing the green button?

[Britayik]

OOPS I see you have a physical control panel. Can you turn off the auto spindle and run it manually by pushing the green button?

Yes it can run manually with control panel. For some reason I cannot get MDI working. I enter a code and push start. Nothing happens....maybe this could point me in the direction of why the spindle will not turn on.

[lavrgs]

Do you get the window when you press F3?

[Britayik]

Do you get the window when you press F3?

Yes

[lavrgs]

Several edits...
Do any commands work? or is the window not responsive. X0 shouldould send you to X0 but pick a number close to what is on the DRO. If it goes too fast Use G01 F10 X0
Which PLC are you using?

UPDATE Only the last one would work with CNC12
Do you have a door switch?

[Britayik]

Several edits...
Do any commands work? or is the window not responsive. X0 shouldould send you to X0 but pick a number close to what is on the DRO. If it goes too fast Use G01 F10 X0
Which PLC are you using?

PLC Choices.jpg

UPDATE Only the last one would work with CNC12
Do you have a door switch?

I can get into MDI with F3 but when I enter any code and hit cycle/ start nothing happens. I do not have a door switch.

[lavrgs]

try one more thing. Press Alt I and the diagnostic screen will come up . Take a screen shot and post it.

As part part of the switch to CNC12 there should have been a question near the end about loading a PLC. Do you remember what your choice was?Have you compiled your .src file? I've never had any luck doing it in Notepad++ So I use the DOS prompt. You will need to shut down CNC12. Open a DOS window>> CMD and go to the CNCM directory.
type mpucomp Centroid_ALLIN1DC_Mill_Standard-r13.src mpu.plc does it compile successfully? if so go back to CNC12 and see if it changed the MDI problem

[CentroidFrog]

Looking in the report one can find the mpu.plc file.
This indicates which PLC file has been compiled and is being used.
In this case they have a custom PLC for a spindle lock and some kind of spindle door.
"allin1dc-basic-SpinLock.src"
From what I can tell, the Aux 3 key is used to lock/unlock the spindle with a solenoid connected to Output 9 "SpindleLockOut".
And Input 8 "SpindleDoorClosedIN" needs to be satisfied (presumably the door needs to be closed).

As Lavrgs said, these inputs and outputs can be seen in the diagnostic screen with Alt + i on the main screen of CNC12.

[lavrgs]

If that's the case the correct plc needs to be compiled...correct? I saw 3 src files in the report and two of them looked like they were for CNC11. I interpreted that Centroid_ALLIN1DC_Mill_Standard-r13.src mpu.plc was the correct one