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Posted: **Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:14 pm**

Greetings fellow Acorn users, and thanks to all who provide feedback on this forum. I've got a problem with my outputs that I can't figure out.

I can get outputs 2-4 to fire from CNC 12. For example, if I set output 2 = coolant pump, then press the coolant icon the relay 2 opens fires. Same for outputs 3-4. If I set output 5 to coolant pump, the relay do not fire. Something is not configured correctly for relays 5-8. It's not specific to coolant, same problem for any function I assign.

If I use the ALT-I screen to view the I/O directly, I can manually fire relays 1-8 using cntrl-alt-f. So this tells me they are working. Although my output status indicators have three states.

1 Red circle (off)
2 Red circle with line under it (what does this mean)
3 Green circle (on)

When I press cntrl-alt-f the indicator cycles between the three states. My Centroid documentation does not describe this. Any ideas what is going on? I upgraded to the newest version of CNC12, but have the same issue.

Thanks,
Walt

Setup:
-2 axis lathe conversion from 12" Chinese 12x36
-Acorn Rev 4 (14455)
-CNC12 Lathe Version 4.6.2
-DYN4 servo's w/ 750w motors

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-Report attached

Posted: **Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:31 pm**

PLC diagnostic screen documentation is here.
https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... screen.pdf
on this page with all other Acorn documentation.
viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397

anytime an output is not working 99.9% of the time the user has left the Output disabled in the PLC diagnostic screen.

Posted: **Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:34 pm**

is the control on the bench or install on the machine?

Posted: **Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:26 pm**

PLC program says:

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             SV_FORCE_ON_OUT1_16_BITS    = SV_MACHINE_PARAMETER_921,
             ;...
             SV_FORCE_OFF_OUT1_16_BITS   = SV_MACHINE_PARAMETER_926,

Report says:

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...
 P921 =     0.00000  - Reserved for PLC
 P922 =     0.00000  - Reserved for PLC
 P923 =     0.00000  - Reserved for PLC
 P924 =     0.00000  - Reserved for PLC
 P925 =     0.00000  - Reserved for PLC
 P926 =     0.00000  - Reserved for PLC
...

So there does not appear to be a problem with forcing the outputs.

Posted: **Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:51 pm**

Very strange, now its working fine. I went back and removed the output assignment (using the wizard) then re-added them. I also manually inverted 5-8, then manually un-inverted them in the diagnostic screen. This also involved a couple of power cycles and software re-starts. Works now.

Thanks guys.

Walt

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