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Probably the most common reason for refusal to unclamp the drawbar, is if your zero-speed signal from your VFD is not working.

What do you have wired to INP12 "ZeroSpeed_I"?

On the Alt-i display, does that input change between green (when the spindle is stopped) and red (when the spindle is running, or is ramping down to a stop)?

Or is it just red all the time?

Update:

All axes are connected and calibrated
Tool release issue is resolved
Mist, flood, lube pumps work as intended

I added circuit breakers for the hickory and Lube pump. (ours is 110v)

Thanks for all the help, gentlemen.

Working with ATC this morning.

Still having issues getting any response from Aux14 key on the pendant).

I cannot complete ATC setup without that safety override. At one point, I had tried to assign that key to toggle the worklight (that's the worklight key loation on the VCP). After failure in that effort, and then realizing it was already used as a safety override for carousel commands, I changed it back, and, thinking better of making any changes to that file, saved a copy of it.

Currently, the definition of that key (unless I am misunderstanding something here) reads as follows:

;- Aux14Key_I IS INP1081 ; Row 5 Column 5

Still, when I try to command M80, I get a carousel timeout following the following message:

311 Waiting for memory #805 (M101)

I have tried holding that key when initially pressing "cycle start" as well as after the message appears, but get no response.

The "carousel in" section of mpu.plc looks as follows:

;- ;Carousel In (Towards Spindle)
;- IF ZeroSpeed_I && ((OrientComplete_I && M80_SV && M6_SV) || (M80_SV && Aux14Key_I))
;- THEN RST M81_SV, SET CarouselInSol_O, SET CarouselInOutTimer_T,
;- SET MovingCarouselIn_M, RST MovingCarouselOut_M

What am i missing?

Are you using a physical jog panel (which contains the key that maps to INP1081)?

Or are you using the on-screen virtual control panel (which maps to SV_SKIN_EVENT_ numbers, not to inputs)?

Is your spindle zero-speed input closed (green)?

Correct, I am using the physical jog panel:
https://shopcentroidcnc.com/shop/cnc-ac ... r-hickory/

Zero Speed input is closed (green).

... nevermind. It works now. Don't know what changed.

Ok, now I'm trying to get tool changes figured out.
I have machine home and tool change height set, and can command carousel in/out using m80/m81.

M21 nor M22 seem to work. Skipping this, told it to change to tool #2, while holding T1 and in Carousel position #1. Spindle orients, then machine moves to tool change height, spits out tool #1 (doesn't move carousel in), rotates carousel to position #2, says 'waiting for memory #311 and #805, and goes no furthur.

Advice?

Update:

When looking into the m6 macro, I found that there was no mention of m80/m81, so I found an alternative copy of m6 under the 'resources' folder of 'cncm' that did, renamed the original, and copied this one in its place. Tool changes seem to be working as desired, now.

I haven't done anything in the PID Menu other than the initial tune which outputs 'delay' values for each axis.

Is there anything further I should do here, or is that all handled in the Motion Studio setup process for the EL7's?

I also have the initial 'system test not run' message showing. Best to just disable this?

-H

Having some trouble getting our tool touch off working.

It is a TT-1 and will trigger input 19, but when trying to auto measure a tool, produces the error:

"Tool Touch Off was not found!
Probing Cycle cancelled. Please check Tool Touch Off.


I have tried inverting the input, turning off the "Display warning to verify that tool touch off is functioning properly" option in the wizard. What else can I try?