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24V Dropping Out (power light flashing/dim) Typically related to a "short" in limit switch....some input is getting grounded out. Remove inputs from Apollo board until issue goes away to figure out which one it is. If all inputs out and still issue, remove 2...

Adjusting Pendant Acceleration You can adjust the pendant acceleration by going to the Settings Tab and selecting Machine Calibration (2000 series: select the Service Tab at the bottom of the main screen, and click the Interface Config button near the top of ...

Here are a few screen shots of menus from sheetcam and an explanation of how to set up a wiggle/oscillation: The number of wiggles is calculated from the pierce time, feed rate and wiggle length.    You also need some type of lead in defined in the operatio...

Problem: Not going the correct RPM? Is the spindle encoder configured correctly? Option 1 Test with a Tachometer and make sure it matches the RPM in Mach. Option 2 Zero the HiCON encoder Rotate the spindle 360 degrees How many encoder counts d...

Setup gears If you do not know the gear ratio on the spindle, setup the spindle as follows: Set a very high max RPM for the range (such as 50,000) Turn on spindle at the max spindle speed defined above Read RPM using spindle encoder or tachometer Need...

Symptoms The control does not ascend high enough and bits run into the work piece and break. Or, it ascends too high and the cycle time is unnecessarily long. High-speed peck drilling needs a different retract distance than the system default. Solution ...

Reg Wheel Calculator (regwheel): See attachments on this page for how to calibrate the commanded speed of the Yaskawa drive to match the actual speed of the Reg wheel. On any system that is not a 1 to 1 gear ratio, this calculator must be used.     Keywords...

On older controls, this feature was known as Global Messaging System. Configuration Access the Global Monitoring System To set up the Global Monitoring System go to Configuration -> Plugins -> Global Monitoring System. Monitor Control There are five a...

There are 2 configuration options: Homing with Home/Limit switch on the Master: First: In the Mach4 software go to Configure=>Control=>Axis Mapping Select which motor is the slave under Slave 1 Second: Configure=>Plugins=>HiCON Select the motor that you w...

*Alarms in table below noted with asterisk (*) have additional important info below the table Display Name Cause Action AL-01* Under-Voltage The main circuit voltage is below its minimum specified value. (190Vac) Use a Voltmeter to check whet...

When the X and Y on a machine are not round yet the units are correct and the axes are square, make sure to match the gains in the Teco drives.The servo drive parameters may be mismatched: You may only need to change one of these, but this is the order of pri...

The hicon board is the "daughter" board of the Apollo III motion controller. The ethernet cable from the control PC to the HiCON board is the local area network (LAN) connection for it and communications between the 2 were lost. 1. bad cable, or connection at...

To update Mach4 software without internet to the control you can do so by completing the following procedures. Please note that it is highly recommended that you have internet to the control instead and let one of our support techs help with this. There can be...

Command Lines to Open and Close a G-Code File in Mach4: Open:C:\Mach4\tools\MachUtil\MachUtil.exe --open-gcode "C:\Mach4\GCodeFiles\Bolt Pattern.tap"Close:C:\Mach4\tools\MachUtil\MachUtil.exe --close-gcode Keywords: gcode, cmd, mach4

Chapter 1 : Advanced Macros M-Code Descriptions M19 - Spindle Orient Command Spindle Orient with auto or manual cycle based on parameters Parameters S Angle in degrees of the orientation M5 or a stop spindle command will cancel the spindle ori...

Macro B programming may not be included on your MachMotion control.  If you are not able to use these macros, contact us for an upgrade option. 1. Calling macros Call Formats Example Notes License Required M98 P__ Q__ L__ M98 P0100 Q5 L2 ...

  1 Introduction After mounting the electrical enclosure and the MachMotion CNC control, follow the steps below to setup the MachMotion Torch Height Control. Verify the following components: Torch Height Control Enclosure Torch Slide Voltage Divider B...