Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BDI with DRO/Encoder Board

Wayne:

Will do. Could not get to it on Wednesday.

Dave

David Kryskowski
Ann Arbor Sensor Systems, LLC

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From: <wayne2000_7@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:13 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: BDI with DRO/Encoder Board


>
> Hello Dave,
>
> I also have had a rough time getting
> the encoders working with emc.
>
> I'm at the same point your at. My Z axis isn't
> working either. X and Y are fine.
> I'm pretty sure the DRO board is ok.
> I know the encoders are fine, so that
> seems to point at the software as being
> the problem.
>
> Post your results from Deskncrt.
> I'd like to know how it worked.
>
> Regards,
> Allen F
>
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., kryskowski.david@a... wrote:
>
> >
> > My continuing saga:
> > Well I had a few hours before the machinist arrived to debug. I
> > found that I had not damaged the DRO board after all. It was
> sitting
> > in the ISA slot incorrectly. When I corrected the problem the Y
> axis
> > came on again. I had some 74LS138's so I swapped out those to see
> if
> > Z would come on. It did not. So I swapped the two encoder chips
> and
> > X and Y still worked and Z did not. Then I ran the Z motor on the
> X
> > axis and it worked. It is looking more and more like a software
> > problem. I have a copy deskncrt (I guess one could call it emc
> lite
> > for DOS) so I will see if the Z axis works with this today.
> >
>
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