Problems running first test carve. advice appreciated

X-Carve Troubleshooting
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Hi,

I managed to build the XC and run through the various tests and everything seems in order. motor motors running and in the right directions, homing sequence, z probing etc all good.

Then I got to the test carve page in easel and it wouldn’t load.

Tried a few times and in the end decided to open easel and set up a simple design and run an air carve.

All seems fine running though the set up until I get to the ‘Almost ready to cut’ stage. The ‘Spindle is on’ and ‘Carve!’ boxes are greyed out and unclickable.

Anyone got any ideas what’s going on?

Many thanks
Antoinette

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Mine done the same and I just unplugged the usb and put it back in. Worth a try. Also check your e stop button. Make sure it is fully depresssed

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The E- Stop should be fully up not fully deressed…

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Thats what I meant. My bad.“Released”

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thanks.

I don’t think it’s the stop button. that seems fine.

i literally can’t click on ‘carve!’… its greyed out and not responsive.

it doesn’t seem to be a connection problem either cause i can jog it along an all the axis.

is it a setting thing?

I’m at a loss

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Is the bit the correct size and type for the job ?

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Thanks for weighting in. I’m completely head scratchingly stumped.

I’m doing an air cut as a first test and getting all the way through Easel intro with everything seeming to be responding fine.

I have an X-controller
power light is on
fan is running
Stop button is not depressed
XC jogs and homes in response to commands

Then when I get to the ‘Almost ready to cut’ page I can’t select the ‘spindle is on’ or ‘Carve!’ buttons

I am using a mac.

i must be missing something … could it be a settings issue, a software issue, a hardware issue?

thanks again

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hi Robert.

i selcted manual spindle.

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Couple of questions:
What browser are you using? I also use a MacBook Pro but have found Firefox to be a little finicky on a Mac so I always use Safari with Easel

Since you can jog the spindle(in all axis I assume) and home it, then it would not seem to be a USB issue.
Do you use Inventables Dust Control?
Do you use a Z Probe? Did you actually set your XYZ coordinates for your workpiece(not machine homing)?

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So it looks like this is some kind of software problem.

I borrowed a pc running chrome and the air carve worked fine !! very happy with that.

in doing it i realised on the ‘almost ready to carve step’ there is a button to raise the bit that is not showing up on my machine.

the set up on my mac is:
Yosemite 10.10.3
Safari 8.0.5

I have support request with inventible so will let you know what they come back with.

Any suggestions in the mean time greatly appreciated.

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Try it anyway, it won’t hurt. Press it down fully, twist hard while pulling up. This has gotten me more often then I care to admin.