Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] help with g201 needed

At 06:56 AM 14/01/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>Al Schoepp wrote:
> > Hi, hope someone here can help. I've got a Taig micromill converted to CNC
> > with 3 G201A's using CNCpro. It was working well before Christmas. I get
> > back from holidays and tried to do some work on it and the Z axis only goes
> > up, it doesn't matter which direction I try to move it. I swapped the
> > cable with the X axis and then the X axis would only go one direction no
> > matter which direction I wanted it to move while the Z axis now works
> > correctly. I did no changes, or even had anything open since the last time
> > I successfully used it. Any suggestions?
>
>Check your cable for broken or shorted wires. If that isn't it, check the
>cable
>inside the computer case (if it is built that way) to make sure it is making a
>good
>connection. If those don't do it, then you probably have a bad bit on the
>parallel port. It is obviously not the motors. But, what cable did you swap,
>the
>drive -- motor cable, or the computer -- drive cable?

I swapped the motor cable initially. I swapped the drive and the problem
followed the drive so it's not working for some reason. :( I've sent an
email to Mariss about it.

Thanks,
Al


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