Hello. I’ve run into an issue with my X-Controller and after everything I thought to do and read through numerous messages on this board, I still have a problem.
I’ve been using the machine well for about a year now and it’s been working great, but everything went downhill when I switched from using the Chrome browser in Linux to Windows. I wouldn’t have thought that would make any difference, but here I am.
The bottom line of my issue is that I can’t move the spindle at all. I can connect (buttons switch from blue to green), so it seems that Windows doesn’t have any issue in talking to the X-Controller, but any attempt at moving the spindle fails. However, even though I can’t move the device, the software does seem to think that it’s moving, as shown in these two screens. The first screen shows the current status of the device. The second shows the status after attempting to jog the device in the X direction. Note the changes to the values of X, so the software believes it’s moving the spindle, but nothing is actually happening.
I pulled all of the connectors from the rear of the X-Controller to make sure all nothing was loose and blew out any dust that had accumulated around the connection blocks, but this did not solve the issue.
Below, I have pasted the contents of the machine inspector that appears at power up. I have no idea if any of the information shown is correct or not, so if anyone has any insights, I’d be appreciative. I’m really at a loss at what to do next, other than to switch the laptop back to linux.
<Alarm|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|Bf:15,128|FS:0,0>
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<Alarm|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|Bf:15,128|FS:0,0>
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<Alarm|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|Bf:15,128|FS:0,0>
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<Alarm|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|Bf:15,128|FS:0,0>
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<Alarm|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|Bf:15,128|FS:0,0>
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<Alarm|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|Bf:15,128|FS:0,0>
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<Alarm|MPos:0.000,0.000,0.000|Bf:15,128|FS:0,0|Ov:100,100,100>
ok
$132=100.000
$131=750.000
$130=750.000
$122=50.000
$121=500.000
$120=500.000
$112=500.000
$111=8000.000
$110=8000.000
$102=188.976
$101=40.000
$100=40.000
$32=0
$31=0
$30=1
$27=1.000
$26=250
$25=750.000
$24=25.000
$23=3
$22=1
$21=1
$20=0
$13=0
$12=0.002
$11=0.020
$10=115
$6=0
$5=0
$4=1
$3=3
$2=0
$1=255
$0=10
$$
ok
$132=100.000
$131=750.000
$130=750.000
$122=50.000
$121=500.000
$120=500.000
$112=500.000
$111=8000.000
$110=8000.000
$102=188.976
$101=40.000
$100=40.000
$32=0
$31=0
$30=1
$27=1.000
$26=250
$25=750.000
$24=25.000
$23=3
$22=1
$21=1
$20=0
$13=0
$12=0.002
$11=0.020
$10=115
$6=0
$5=0
$4=1
$3=3
$2=0
$1=255
$0=10
ok
[OPT:VMP,15,128]
[VER:1.1f.20170417:]
$$
$I
[MSG:'$H'|'$X' to unlock]
Events
Settings
$0=10
$1=255
$2=0
$3=3
$4=1
$5=0
$6=0
$10=115
$11=0.020
$12=0.002
$13=0
$20=0
$21=1
$22=1
$23=3
$24=25.000
$25=750.000
$26=250
$27=1.000
$30=1
$31=0
$32=0
$100=40.000
$101=40.000
$102=188.976
$110=8000.000
$111=8000.000
$112=500.000
$120=500.000
$121=500.000
$122=50.000
$130=750.000
$131=750.000
$132=100.000