Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Need help with Tree CNC mill

Jon, you bring up a really interesting point. I saw no signs of a battery backup. There is a truly bizaare cassete (i.e.
non-standard, maybe 8 track) in the back. I will tell my friend to ask the service rep about this.

However, looking at the "Tree Journeyman Control System Operating Instructions" manual, it doesn't refer to loading any kind of
executive program. The "initial startup of machine, or startup after electrical shutdown" section has the machine doing different
things than ours does at step #1. No reference to having a tape in the machine.

But we'll ask.

Thanks,
Steve

Jon Elson wrote:

> Steve Smith wrote:
>
> > Thanks much for the response.
> >
> > The machine is a Journeyman 200. It is probably early 80's.
> >
> > When powered up, we get the following on the display/keyboard box:
> > Run Program -- zeroes
> > Control Ready -- zeroes
> > Block number -- 0700
> > Reset, clear, accept keys do nothing.
> > With edit on, there is no response to the keyboard.
>
> Without knowing a whole lot about this control, it sounds
> like the executive program needs to be loaded into the CNC
> computer. Does this machine have a memory backup battery?
> IF so, then no doubt the battery ran down and the contents of memory
> were lost. (It doesn't have a cassette tape drive or something like
> that in it, does it?)
>
> I was in the same situation when I got an Allen Bradley control
> a while ago. I had to get a copy of an executive paper tape from
> somebody who worked on them. Ahh, the internet is wonderful
> for things like that.
>
> And yes, the manuals are really important. I would not have bought that
> A-B control without them.
>
> Jon
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