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Mitsubishi Drive Programming

Motors, Drives and VFD's VFD - Mitsubishi

Press Mode until it displays: P  00 (or some P range between 00-19) Press up/down arrow keys un...

Updated 10 months ago by Josiah Ymker

Teco Motor Oscillations

Motors, Drives and VFD's Drives (Servo) - Teco

Description of the problem: My Teco motor is oscillating back and forth (humming / screech...

Updated 10 months ago by Josiah Ymker

Setting VFD Acceleration

Motors, Drives and VFD's VFD - Mitsubishi

Description of the problem: I'm trying to set up acceleration on my Mitsubishi VFD.   Solu...

Updated 10 months ago by Josiah Ymker

Stepper Motor Reversing Direction

Motors, Drives and VFD's Drives - All Stepper

Description of the problem: My stepper motor is reversing direction randomly without changing ...

Updated 10 months ago by Josiah Ymker

SheetCAM Post Processor

Software Sheetcam

Description of the problem: What are the correct post files for use with SheetCAM?   S...

Running a Mitsubishi VFD Directly

Motors, Drives and VFD's VFD - Mitsubishi

Description of the problem: It may be necessary to run a VFD manually from it's control inte...

Updated 10 months ago by Josiah Ymker

Interpreter 1000 Random Movement While Loading File

Motion Controllers and Breakout Boards Interpreter 1000

Description of the problem: Random movements while programs are loading.   Solution: If y...

Updated 10 months ago by Josiah Ymker

Interpreter 1000 Encoder Noise Issues

Motion Controllers and Breakout Boards Interpreter 1000

Description of the problem: Unacceptable noise levels in the encoder signals coming into the I...

Updated 10 months ago by Josiah Ymker

HiCON Motor Drive Graph Blank

Motion Controllers and Breakout Boards Apollo III

Description of the problem: The Motor/Drive Response graph is blank when motion is commanded. ...

Updated 10 months ago by Nate Hall

Drive Fault Always On - Apollo III

Motion Controllers and Breakout Boards Apollo III

Description of the problem: On Apollo series boards the X0 (Drive Fault) is always on whether th...

Updated 10 months ago by Josiah Ymker

Apollo III Not Communicating

Motion Controllers and Breakout Boards Apollo III

Description of the problem: The Apollo III motion controller is not communicating, but all the s...

Updated 10 months ago by Josiah Ymker

Setting Debounce Level

Software

Description of the problem: Debounce is the number of pulses that a switch must be stable for it...

Mitsubishi VFD All Clear Factory Reset

Motors, Drives and VFD's VFD - Mitsubishi

Description of the problem: If you are trying to get your spindle to run and have changed a bunc...

Updated 10 months ago by Josiah Ymker

2000 Series Waterjet Setup Manual

CNC Machine Operator Manuals Waterjet

Standard Setup Jet Setup Configure the number of jets you need and your default delays.  You...

Updated 10 months ago by Carl

Tool Offset Table Customization

Software Mach4

Tool X and Y Offsets Select View->Tool Tables... You will see the tool table.  Select Edit->T...

Updated 10 months ago by Joel Eland

How To Test For Backlash

Testing for backlash on a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) router is an important maintenance ste...

Updated 10 months ago by Joel Eland

Aligning Slave Axis Gantry - HiCON Mach4

Software Mach4 - In Depth

This only applies to master and slave axes on a gantry. If you are trying to align the tables on ...

Updated 10 months ago by Joel Eland

Barcode Scanner (Serial Port)

Software

Getting Started The barcode scanner module works with any scanner that can emulate a serial port...

Updated 11 months ago by Andy

Creating a Door in Baserow

Accessing Baserow Go to https://mymachinedata.machmotion.com/  Go to "My Dashboard" in the top...

Updated 11 months ago by Graham Hoerstkamp

Subroutines Search Order

Software Mach4

Main program file. In the same directory as the main program file (side by side). Profile dir...

Updated 11 months ago by Andy