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  • in reply to: one y axis stepper motor not moving #11921
    ekimwa
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    sorry, got busy with other things. when i press reset, no motor lights flash. However when i send y axis home, only 3 motor lights flash green. To answer your question, using multimeter.

    in reply to: com port #9047
    ekimwa
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    using windows 7, TinyG. It stays plugged in all the time. Have unplugged, and re-plugged back in to no avail. Went to devivice manager and only shows com1. I’m not computer literate, so can I and how do I switch tinyg over to com 1

    in reply to: Newbie, possible software issue #8152
    ekimwa
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    Can you load gcode files from a thumb drive into chilipepper?

    in reply to: Newbie, possible software issue #8135
    ekimwa
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    Ok I upgraded to 440.17. I was trying to set homing, X is doing fine Y is doing fine, but now the z axis goes all the way down to home instead of up to top position. What could possibly cause this? I tried to set the z homing exactly like I did the x and y axis. Attached are the new parameters. Do you see any changes that need to be made?

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/89gkcmez8pvfcx0/tinyg%20settings%202.rtf?dl=0

    in reply to: Newbie, possible software issue #8133
    ekimwa
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    I have no idea about the threaded rod as I didn’t build machine. How would I find out or what do I need to know, tpi, angle….etc.?

    in reply to: Newbie, possible software issue #8126
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    in reply to: Newbie, possible software issue #8121
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    in reply to: Newbie, possible software issue #8119
    ekimwa
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    Ok. When I say tinyg I guess I mean tgfx. as far as when I talk about moving machine, it’s not thru any g code, simply using arrow keys on key board. I will start using chilipepper and see if anything works.

    in reply to: Newbie, possible software issue #8106
    ekimwa
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    Yes it is running a G54 cooridinate system. It is an ox machine. What I mean is that when I have the machine in the home position, I will run the machine down the Y axis all the way to the end (1220mm), but on the preview screen the little green line that shows position is running a lot faster and gets to end of preview table when actual machine location is about 2/3’s way down. It will stop at that location on it’s own and I get a message in the command line that it is out of the working envelope of the machine and to jog machine or set approx. position of the machine or just home it. Also when I first open up tinyg, I see a little green dot on the preview screen (seems to think that is the position the machine is in, but it is actually in the home position). Tried to set home position, but with no luck. I’m doing something wrong, just not sure what. I don’t recall setting any offsets but could that be it? I will do an $$ dump and send as soon as I can. Only sending commands 1 at a time, some times thru coolterm, sometimes thru tinyG.

    in reply to: Newbie, possible software issue #8099
    ekimwa
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    ok got firmware updated. Thanks. As stated above, this machine was bought while previous owner was still calibrating machine. He had to move (military) so he sold machine. I am completely new to cnc milling. I have looked at lots of videos of how to wire the tinyg, but not many on how to configure. The table size is 1220mm in Y and 570mm in X. I entered these paramters in $ytm=1220.0 and $ytn=0, $xtm=570.0 and $xtn=0.0. When I go back to move machine, especially in Y direction, it shows Y is moving out of working envelop about 2/3 down. Does this have anything to do with absolute coordinates? My $tpr may be off some also, but is very close. I have read wiki several times but still don”t quite understand setting absolute coordinates. Need step by step instructions. Machine was homing when I first got it, but not now. Dosen’t do anything when selecting home axis button. I’m sure it’s something I’ve done but don”t know what. I hope I’m explaining this so you understand what I’m saying. Does the zero backoff only apply to homing? Is there a tech support phone # for help? LOST IN NC!!!

    in reply to: Need help loading firmware #8096
    ekimwa
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    using coolterm

    in reply to: Need help loading firmware #8094
    ekimwa
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    Never mind haha, I found why. But how do I get the preview screen to fit size of my table?

    in reply to: Need help loading firmware #8093
    ekimwa
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    ok got it to upload the new software. thanks. but now I have a green light in motor 4 and its not working. what does that mean?

    in reply to: Newbie, possible software issue #8081
    ekimwa
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    [fb] firmware build 435.10
    [fv] firmware version 0.97
    [hp] hardware platform 1.00
    [hv] hardware version 8.00
    [id] TinyG ID 3X3566-QTF
    [ja] junction acceleration 2000000 mm
    [ct] chordal tolerance 2685357.800 mm
    [sl] soft limit enable 0
    [st] switch type 1 [0=NO,1=NC]
    [mt] motor idle timeout 2.00 Sec
    [ej] enable json mode 0 [0=text,1=JSON]
    [jv] json verbosity 3 [0=silent,1=footer,2=messages,3=configs,4=linenum,5=verbose]
    [js] json serialize style 1 [0=relaxed,1=strict]
    [tv] text verbosity 0 [0=silent,1=verbose]
    [qv] queue report verbosity 0 [0=off,1=single,2=triple]
    [sv] status report verbosity 1 [0=off,1=filtered,2=verbose]
    [si] status interval 100 ms
    [ec] expand LF to CRLF on TX 0 [0=off,1=on]
    [ee] enable echo 0 [0=off,1=on]
    [ex] enable flow control 2 [0=off,1=XON/XOFF, 2=RTS/CTS]
    [baud] USB baud rate 5 [1=9600,2=19200,3=38400,4=57600,5=115200,6=230400]
    [net] network mode 0 [0=master]
    [gpl] default gcode plane 0 [0=G17,1=G18,2=G19]
    [gun] default gcode units mode 1 [0=G20,1=G21]
    [gco] default gcode coord system 1 [1-6 (G54-G59)]
    [gpa] default gcode path control 2 [0=G61,1=G61.1,2=G64]
    [gdi] default gcode distance mode 0 [0=G90,1=G91]
    [1ma] m1 map to axis 0 [0=X,1=Y,2=Z…]
    [1sa] m1 step angle 1.800 deg
    [1tr] m1 travel per revolution 1.4386 mm
    [1mi] m1 microsteps 8 [1,2,4,8]
    [1po] m1 polarity 0 [0=normal,1=reverse]
    [1pm] m1 power management 2 [0=disabled,1=always on,2=in cycle,3=when moving]
    [2ma] m2 map to axis 1 [0=X,1=Y,2=Z…]
    [2sa] m2 step angle 1.800 deg
    [2tr] m2 travel per revolution 1.4386 mm
    [2mi] m2 microsteps 8 [1,2,4,8]
    [2po] m2 polarity 0 [0=normal,1=reverse]
    [2pm] m2 power management 2 [0=disabled,1=always on,2=in cycle,3=when moving]
    [3ma] m3 map to axis 2 [0=X,1=Y,2=Z…]
    [3sa] m3 step angle 1.800 deg
    [3tr] m3 travel per revolution 1.4386 mm
    [3mi] m3 microsteps 8 [1,2,4,8]
    [3po] m3 polarity 1 [0=normal,1=reverse]
    [3pm] m3 power management 2 [0=disabled,1=always on,2=in cycle,3=when moving]
    [4ma] m4 map to axis 3 [0=X,1=Y,2=Z…]
    [4sa] m4 step angle 1.800 deg
    [4tr] m4 travel per revolution 36.5404 mm
    [4mi] m4 microsteps 8 [1,2,4,8]
    [4po] m4 polarity 0 [0=normal,1=reverse]
    [4pm] m4 power management 2 [0=disabled,1=always on,2=in cycle,3=when moving]
    [xam] x axis mode 1 [standard]
    [xvm] x velocity maximum 600 mm/min
    [xfr] x feedrate maximum 600 mm/min
    [xtn] x travel minimum 0.000 mm
    [xtm] x travel maximum 571.500 mm
    [xjm] x jerk maximum 63500 mm/min^3 * 1 million
    [xjh] x jerk homing 10008 mm/min^3 * 1 million
    [xjd] x junction deviation 5003.7998 mm (larger is faster)
    [xsn] x switch min 1 [0=off,1=homing,2=limit,3=limit+homing]
    [xsx] x switch max 1 [0=off,1=homing,2=limit,3=limit+homing]
    [xsv] x search velocity 2997 mm/min
    [xlv] x latch velocity 2540 mm/min
    [xlb] x latch backoff 19.990 mm
    [xzb] x zero backoff 2.997 mm
    [yam] y axis mode 1 [standard]
    [yvm] y velocity maximum 600 mm/min
    [yfr] y feedrate maximum 600 mm/min
    [ytn] y travel minimum 1220.000 mm
    [ytm] y travel maximum 1220.000 mm
    [yjm] y jerk maximum 1270 mm/min^3 * 1 million
    [yjh] y jerk homing 127000 mm/min^3 * 1 million
    [yjd] y junction deviation 499.9990 mm (larger is faster)
    [ysn] y switch min 0 [0=off,1=homing,2=limit,3=limit+homing]
    [ysx] y switch max 0 [0=off,1=homing,2=limit,3=limit+homing]
    [ysv] y search velocity 2997 mm/min
    [ylv] y latch velocity 2997 mm/min
    [ylb] y latch backoff 19.990 mm
    [yzb] y zero backoff 19.990 mm
    [zam] z axis mode 1 [standard]
    [zvm] z velocity maximum 5080 mm/min
    [zfr] z feedrate maximum 5080 mm/min
    [ztn] z travel minimum 5.004 mm
    [ztm] z travel maximum 76.200 mm
    [zjm] z jerk maximum 0 mm/min^3 * 1 million
    [zjh] z jerk homing 991 mm/min^3 * 1 million
    [zjd] z junction deviation 0.0102 mm (larger is faster)
    [zsn] z switch min 0 [0=off,1=homing,2=limit,3=limit+homing]
    [zsx] z switch max 0 [0=off,1=homing,2=limit,3=limit+homing]
    [zsv] z search velocity 787 mm/min
    [zlv] z latch velocity 102 mm/min
    [zlb] z latch backoff 19.990 mm
    [zzb] z zero backoff 10.008 mm
    [aam] a axis mode 1 [standard]
    [avm] a velocity maximum 60000 deg/min
    [afr] a feedrate maximum 48000 deg/min
    [atn] a travel minimum 400.000 deg
    [atm] a travel maximum -1.000 deg
    [ajm] a jerk maximum 24000 deg/min^3 * 1 million
    [ajh] a jerk homing 24000 deg/min^3 * 1 million
    [ajd] a junction deviation 0.1000 deg (larger is faster)
    [ara] a radius value 1.0000 deg
    [asn] a switch min 1 [0=off,1=homing,2=limit,3=limit+homing]
    [asx] a switch max 0 [0=off,1=homing,2=limit,3=limit+homing]
    [asv] a search velocity 6000 deg/min
    [alv] a latch velocity 1000 deg/min
    [alb] a latch backoff 5.000 deg
    [azb] a zero backoff 2.000 deg
    [bam] b axis mode 0 [disabled]
    [bvm] b velocity maximum 3600 deg/min
    [bfr] b feedrate maximum 3600 deg/min
    [btn] b travel minimum -1.000 deg
    [btm] b travel maximum -1.000 deg
    [bjm] b jerk maximum 20 deg/min^3 * 1 million
    [bjd] b junction deviation 0.0100 deg (larger is faster)
    [bra] b radius value 1.0000 deg
    [cam] c axis mode 0 [disabled]
    [cvm] c velocity maximum 3600 deg/min
    [cfr] c feedrate maximum 3600 deg/min
    [ctn] c travel minimum -1.000 deg
    [ctm] c travel maximum -1.000 deg
    [cjm] c jerk maximum 20 deg/min^3 * 1 million
    [cjd] c junction deviation 0.0100 deg (larger is faster)
    [cra] c radius value 1.0000 deg
    [p1frq] pwm frequency 100 Hz
    [p1csl] pwm cw speed lo 1000 RPM
    [p1csh] pwm cw speed hi 2000 RPM
    [p1cpl] pwm cw phase lo 0.125 [0..1]
    [p1cph] pwm cw phase hi 0.200 [0..1]
    [p1wsl] pwm ccw speed lo 1000 RPM
    [p1wsh] pwm ccw speed hi 2000 RPM
    [p1wpl] pwm ccw phase lo 0.125 [0..1]
    [p1wph] pwm ccw phase hi 0.200 [0..1]
    [p1pof] pwm phase off 0.100 [0..1]
    [g54x] g54 x offset 0.000 mm
    [g54y] g54 y offset 0.000 mm
    [g54z] g54 z offset 0.000 mm
    [g54a] g54 a offset 0.000 deg
    [g54b] g54 b offset 0.000 deg
    [g54c] g54 c offset 0.000 deg
    [g55x] g55 x offset 110.000 mm
    [g55y] g55 y offset 110.000 mm
    [g55z] g55 z offset 0.000 mm
    [g55a] g55 a offset 0.000 deg
    [g55b] g55 b offset 0.000 deg
    [g55c] g55 c offset 0.000 deg
    [g56x] g56 x offset 110.000 mm
    [g56y] g56 y offset 20.000 mm
    [g56z] g56 z offset -10.000 mm
    [g56a] g56 a offset 0.000 deg
    [g56b] g56 b offset 0.000 deg
    [g56c] g56 c offset 0.000 deg
    [g57x] g57 x offset 0.000 mm
    [g57y] g57 y offset 0.000 mm
    [g57z] g57 z offset 0.000 mm
    [g57a] g57 a offset 0.000 deg
    [g57b] g57 b offset 0.000 deg
    [g57c] g57 c offset 0.000 deg
    [g58x] g58 x offset 0.000 mm
    [g58y] g58 y offset 0.000 mm
    [g58z] g58 z offset 0.000 mm
    [g58a] g58 a offset 0.000 deg
    [g58b] g58 b offset 0.000 deg
    [g58c] g58 c offset 0.000 deg
    [g59x] g59 x offset 0.000 mm
    [g59y] g59 y offset 0.000 mm
    [g59z] g59 z offset 0.000 mm
    [g59a] g59 a offset 0.000 deg
    [g59b] g59 b offset 0.000 deg
    [g59c] g59 c offset 0.000 deg
    [g92x] g92 x offset 0.000 mm
    [g92y] g92 y offset 0.000 mm
    [g92z] g92 z offset 0.000 mm
    [g92a] g92 a offset 0.000 deg
    [g92b] g92 b offset 0.000 deg
    [g92c] g92 c offset 0.000 deg
    [g28x] g28 x position 0.000 mm
    [g28y] g28 y position 0.000 mm
    [g28z] g28 z position 0.000 mm
    [g28a] g28 a position 0.000 deg
    [g28b] g28 b position 0.000 deg
    [g28c] g28 c position 0.000 deg
    [g30x] g30 x position 0.000 mm
    [g30y] g30 y position 0.000 mm
    [g30z] g30 z position 0.000 mm
    [g30a] g30 a position 0.000 deg
    [g30b] g30 b position 0.000 deg
    [g30c] g30 c position 0.000 deg

    in reply to: Newbie, possible software issue #8079
    ekimwa
    Member

    Running windows 7. Communications thru coolterm.

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