Re: replacing anilam crusader II control

Roy

Well I got time to try some more tests. As before when the com
port tester is hooked up to the in-port (rs232) on the anilam
controller, the RD and DSR lights are on. Then when hooked up to
only the Pc's cable from com port1 only the RD light is on, red.
When I use the windows program ComEdit to upload a short (4 line)
program the single light changes to orange (red and green blinking.
Several attempts to upload using the cable connected through the com
port tester to the controller meet with failure.
I had the control out of the housing last week and looked at the
cable connections from the power supply, cards and ports. But saw
nothing that looked particularly wrong (cooked cracked broken). The
connection from the in-port to the card is made with a wide ribbon
wire so its hard to tell which connections are being made. Even
testing the connection was stopped by the fact my voltmeter pins are
to large to fit into the rs232 port..
I started looking at the EMC doc's. Hoping that there might be a
way to hook up a PC to replace the crusader controller. The machine
already has servo's, axis drive boards and power transformers, and
anilam digital readouts and ball screws. Maybe I can find someone
who has set up a similar machine.

Thanks again
Jim H.


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Roy J. Tellason"
<rtellason@b...> wrote:

> On Friday 20 February 2004 07:56 pm, Jim H wrote:
> > No this is with the com port tester connected only to the rs232

port

> > of the anilam control, with the control powered up.
> > I have previously done only a pc hook up and transmitted a

program

> > to see what it did. Lights are on (don't remeber which) and then
> > blink rapidly during transmission.
>
> What I'd usually do with them is hook it to one side, note what

was lit, and

> then hook it to the other side -- none of the same stuff should

light up, or

> cabling needs to be crossed over (but that's more in the realm of

figuring

> out how to make something work in the first place, not repairs).

Counting

> both sides pretty much all of those should light up at some

point. If they

> don't you have either an incomplete hookup or some bad chip in

there.

>
> Have you looked at what parts are driving the port?