Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: help with g201 needed

At 05:44 AM 14/01/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>Al,
>
>Good evening! Either the direction line is not sending info to the
>drive or somehow the opto isolator has been fried.
>
>To check which is which, the disconnect the direction line and send
>some steps to drive. While you are doing that, take a wire from the
>direction input and short it to your PC ground. It should change
>direction when you do that. If it does, check your wiring. There will
>be a problem there somewhere.

Doing this does not make it change direction so I guess it's fried. :( Any
ideas on what I should look at to make sure something like this doesn't
happen again?

>If it does not, send the drive back and we will check it out and fix
>it the same day we get it and return it to you no charge the
>following day.

Thanks Mariss, I truly appreciate that. I'll try and send it before I go
to work today as I'll be gone till Thursday evening then.

Al

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Al Schoepp <schoepp4887@r...> 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?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Al
> >
> >
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