Hello again guys,
Well, the situation is this: The machine always turns on with all it's
functions working properly, with the exception of the screen which
sometimes works and sometimes does not (when it fails sometimes there's no
signal at all on the LCD monitor, and sometimes there are white lin
On 12/9/23 10:19, John Figie wrote:
Gene
Yes I understand the catastrophic failure mode of Buck converters. But what
is BBLB?
Built By Lowest Bidder, John. Slanguage I assumed everybody understood.
;o)>
I still have one or two of those, not in service except as proof of
concept maybe, with
I'm starting to think that maybe the original PSU had its alarm state
triggered by an external fault, maybe on the video card. I'm just guessing
because the manuals only say that the PSU has an external alarm contact
that will turn off the PSU in case the contact is closed, but It doesn't
say what
Hello guys again
Just a little update, we fed all the voltages through some test pins on the
main board (not using the original PSU connector yet) and the machine
started up but with no video signal. The LCD monitor lights up but no
signal on the screen. The video board is showing 4.92 volts on it
Gene
Yes I understand the catastrophic failure mode of Buck converters. But what
is BBLB?
John Figie
On Sat, Dec 9, 2023, 7:39 AM gene heskett wrote:
> On 12/9/23 06:13, andy pugh wrote:
> > On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 at 16:08, Leonardo Marsaglia
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Just a little update. We're going t
On 12/9/23 06:13, andy pugh wrote:
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 at 16:08, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
Just a little update. We're going to try and feed all the voltages on the
main board of the control (+5V, +15V, -15V, and 24V) with normal switching
PSUs
Depending on the current requirements on each ch
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 at 16:08, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
>
> Just a little update. We're going to try and feed all the voltages on the
> main board of the control (+5V, +15V, -15V, and 24V) with normal switching
> PSUs
Depending on the current requirements on each channel you might want
to look at
Just a little update. We're going to try and feed all the voltages on the
main board of the control (+5V, +15V, -15V, and 24V) with normal switching
PSUs and activate the EN signal that the old PSU fed to the control and
that should do the trick. Anyway if this works, I'll be working on a LCNC
conv
>
> I missed the beginning of this. What kind a machine is this?
>
Hi Chris, since the original topic was for the power supply I didn't
mention any details about the machine. This is a Daewoo Puma 12L turning
center with a Fanuc OT-C control. The machine is from 1996.
As for the power supply, th
On 12/5/23 11:26, Todd Zuercher wrote:
I think all Fanuc red cap encoders are digital. The question marks are if the
coms signal is differential quadrature or serial and if serial what format, and
what the commutation tracks/signals are or if they are rolled into the absolute
encoder serial s
I missed the beginning of this. What kind a machine is this?
As for the power supply, they are very hard to debug if you don’t have a
schematic. But what about replacing it entirely?
Good motors are always expensive. But encoders have gotten cheap and easy to
use. The last one I bout was
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https://forum.linuxcnc.org/38-general-linuxcnc-questions/48987-trying-to-build-find-a-stmbl
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is likely to have a spare STMBL they could let go if
indeed it would solve your problem..
John
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> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT Fanuc o
On 12/5/23 11:18, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
Sorry I forgot to attach the picture.
I'd like to see that with the pink cover carefully removed.
El mar, 5 dic 2023 a las 13:13, Leonardo Marsaglia ()
escribió:
Can you identify the encoder? If it is Aa64 then the Fanuc hostmot2
component ought
On 12/5/23 08:17, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
Hello guys, and thanks for all the replies!
Well, we swapped the majority of the capacitors on the board and we still
get the alarm on the PSU. I'm almost inclined to consider this a LCNC
project and start doing the conversion.
One thing I'm consideri
On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 at 16:19, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
>
> Sorry I forgot to attach the picture.
I am beyond the bounds of my knowledge in this area now. PCW (or
possibly Rene) might know more.
--
atp
"A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is
designed for the especial use
>
> Can you identify the encoder? If it is Aa64 then the Fanuc hostmot2
> component ought to work.
>
> https://linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/man/man9/hostmot2.9.html#Fanuc%20encoder
> (Others might too)
>
Hi Andy, the encoder is the one on the picture I'm attaching now. The model
number is *αI64
On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 at 13:22, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
> I'm attaching a picture of the X axis motor so you can see. I guess it
> should be possible to control it, but I don't really know how the encoder
> works. I know there's a Hostmot encoder module for Fanuc but I don't know
> anything about
On 12/5/23 08:17, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
Hello guys, and thanks for all the replies!
Well, we swapped the majority of the capacitors on the board and we still
get the alarm on the PSU. I'm almost inclined to consider this a LCNC
project and start doing the conversion.
One thing I'm consideri
Well, from what I can see on Granite Devices website, their Argon servo
drives are now discontinued so that eliminates one big possibility for
replacing the fanuc drives and keep the motors. I don't know if Pico
systems or MESA has a drive for the power these motors require.
Although I'm not going
On 12/3/23 04:42, Roland Jollivet wrote:
If you can obtain/borrow any thermal imaging device, then run with the PSU
with covers off and check every 5min. You should identify a cap-thermal
problem.
For that, a $500 ir imager would be nice, but a $29 ir thermometer from
the local lumber yard can
If you can obtain/borrow any thermal imaging device, then run with the PSU
with covers off and check every 5min. You should identify a cap-thermal
problem.
On Sat, 2 Dec 2023 at 21:14, John Dammeyer wrote:
> > From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com]
> >
> > If it is a simple l
On 12/2/23 14:12, John Dammeyer wrote:
From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com]
If it is a simple linear power supply, yes they are very easy to debug and
repair, LIkey it is the caps.
But switching power supplies are much harder to debug, You can guess it
might be the same iss
d 150 USD.
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Sent: December 2, 2023 7:58 AM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: [Emc-users] OT Fanuc ot-c cpu power supply A16B-1212-0950
Hello everybody, I hope you're all doing well!
Sorry for th
On 12/2/23 10:58, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
Notes from a CET, Leonardo.
Bordeerline semi might be suspect but very rarely take two hows to show
a problem, Usually under 10 minutes
Getting closer to the top of the list it might be a carbon composition
resister, look for discolored paint on th
> From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com]
>
> If it is a simple linear power supply, yes they are very easy to debug and
> repair, LIkey it is the caps.
>
> But switching power supplies are much harder to debug, You can guess it
> might be the same issue but these have dozens of
.
>
> John
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Leonardo Marsaglia [mailto:ldmarsag...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: December 2, 2023 7:58 AM
>> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
>> Subject: [Emc-users] OT Fanuc ot-c cpu power supply A16B-1212-0950
>>
&
been running
perfectly now a year later.
John
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> Sent: December 2, 2023 7:58 AM
> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
> Subject: [Emc-users] OT Fanuc ot-c cpu power supply A16B-1212-0950
>
&g
Hello everybody, I hope you're all doing well!
Sorry for the OT but I think this is a good place to ask for what I intend
to do.
One of our lathes has this Fanuc OT-C with this a16b-1212-0950 power supply
which is now failing. I can only use the lathe a couple of hours before the
control stops wo
Hello again guys.
Just to tell you. I finally took the drive apart and made some checks.
Turns out one of the IGBT modules is shorted. So I'll replace that and it
should be working again.
El mar., 13 de junio de 2023 05:08, gene heskett
escribió:
> On 6/13/23 01:41, andrew beck wrote:
> > Just
On 6/13/23 01:41, andrew beck wrote:
Just to confirm also
Gene.
My vfd only holds the motor at full torque to resist loads briefly.
So it never actually causes problems
I think the rating is 1min at the 150 percent rated torque.
So it's only to respond to forces and make a good fast pid loo
Just to confirm also
Gene.
My vfd only holds the motor at full torque to resist loads briefly.
So it never actually causes problems
I think the rating is 1min at the 150 percent rated torque.
So it's only to respond to forces and make a good fast pid loop
Not to run that way all the time
On
>
> Wrong atribution Leonardo. It was posted by Andrew Beck, I was just
> commenting that it appears Andrew was overdriving the motors a bit.
>
That's ok Gene :)
I just wanted to clarify because some older Fanuc spindle drives (the mazak
that's from 1983 had one of those) worked with 0-10 volts f
On 6/12/23 22:58, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
Guys, just to clarify, the control is still Fanuc, not LCNC. So I need to
interface with the Fanuc control. Also, the drives on this lathe are all
using serial communications (the lathe is from 1997) so I think it's not
that easy to replace an original
Guys, just to clarify, the control is still Fanuc, not LCNC. So I need to
interface with the Fanuc control. Also, the drives on this lathe are all
using serial communications (the lathe is from 1997) so I think it's not
that easy to replace an original drive for a non Fanuc one. That's why I'm
just
On 6/12/23 15:58, andrew beck wrote:
Leon I use a cheap Chinese vfd costs about 190usd
And buy a encoder for it. About 50usd and I'm controlling two fanuc
spindle motors here fine.
They auto tuned the motor in about 4 secs and run awesome.
I can get 150 percent torque at zero rpm. If I run a
On 6/12/23 15:36, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
Forgot to attach a picture of the label on the spindle drive. Sorry.
El lun, 12 jun 2023 a las 16:33, Leonardo Marsaglia ()
escribió:
Hi guys, I hope you're all doing well
Sorry for the OT but we have a problem with a Daewoo lathe and as always
this
Leon I use a cheap Chinese vfd costs about 190usd
And buy a encoder for it. About 50usd and I'm controlling two fanuc
spindle motors here fine.
They auto tuned the motor in about 4 secs and run awesome.
I can get 150 percent torque at zero rpm. If I run a pid loop in linuxcnc
almost a servo le
Forgot to attach a picture of the label on the spindle drive. Sorry.
El lun, 12 jun 2023 a las 16:33, Leonardo Marsaglia ()
escribió:
> Hi guys, I hope you're all doing well
>
> Sorry for the OT but we have a problem with a Daewoo lathe and as always
> this is the first place I think of.
>
> So,
Hi guys, I hope you're all doing well
Sorry for the OT but we have a problem with a Daewoo lathe and as always
this is the first place I think of.
So, this morning the lathe started up as always, but when we selected the
gear to validate the spindle movement the screen showed a 409 SERVO ALARM
an
Solved! The baud rate was wrong on the PC. I checked that several times,
but I'm obviously not quite awake yet...
El sáb, 2 oct 2021 a las 12:27, Leonardo Marsaglia ()
escribió:
> Hello guys,
>
> Sorry for this off topic question but I always find this list as the best
> place to start looking fo
Hello guys,
Sorry for this off topic question but I always find this list as the best
place to start looking for help.
I'm trying to send programs and parameters from a 1997 Daewoo Puma 12L
which is equipped with a Fanuc OT control.
The comunnication seems to be ok because I'm receiving data. Th
chine Controller (EMC)
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I'm in New Jersey but I can help with anything applications related you may
have questions with. Is it a mapps 4 or 5 machine?
Phil T.
The Feral Engineer
July 16, 2021 12:22 PM
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> Yeah we only made those for a few years. Not a big seller. Good machine but
> li
information about this unit.
-- Ralph
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That's the thing i hate about fanuc. Everything is proprietary. The io
modules we use on our machines give standard sinking and sourcing io but
unless you can find a circuit in the ladder can activate, you need ladder 3
software to make your own.
On the flip side, their control has goto in their l
y 16, 2021 3:07 PM
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> This Dura is a 2007 model. I haven't tried G20 since we first got it
> going, so don't recall exactly what the issues were, but
rned a few
> parts into big spiral chips on the finishing pass.
>
> -- Ralph
>
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This Dura is a 2007 model. I haven't tried G20 since we first got it going, so
don't recall exactly what the issues were, but remember being very startled
when all the offsets were suddenly wrong wh
's turned a few
parts into big spiral chips on the finishing pass.
-- Ralph
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On the dura, is the issue that it just moves the decimal instead of
converting the values? That's just a parameter change.
I don't recall the dura using tc controls, i thought those started with td?
I may be wrong, it's been a while since i saw one of those in the wild.
Phil T.
The Feral Engineer
I forbid G20 on the Mori Duraturn in my lab for that exact reason. It has a
Fanuc 0i-TC. I figure 21st century engineering students should develop some
feel for metric measurements anyway. Just to be safe I also require G21 on our
Mori NVX mill even though it uses a Mits control that handles
You'd have to get around the proprietary crap in the Fanuc servo amps and
whatnot, methinks
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пт, 16 лип. 2021 о 19:14 Todd Zuercher пише:
> I need to voice some frustration. So pardon the OT post
>
> Fanuc is making me pull my hair out.
>
I also had a kind of disappointment with Fanuc recently.
I was asked to help install an automated clamping fixture to a new machine
with a Fanuc cont
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rip it out an put linuxcnc in?
is it possible to build a plugin replacement controller?
On Fri, 16 Jul 2021, 1
rip it out an put linuxcnc in?
is it possible to build a plugin replacement controller?
On Fri, 16 Jul 2021, 17:20 Feral Engineer,
wrote:
> The 180i is an earlier windows version of a Fanuc, so I'm sure it's got
> some quirks 😅
>
> Phil T.
> The Feral Engineer
>
> Check out my LinuxCNC tutorial
The 180i is an earlier windows version of a Fanuc, so I'm sure it's got
some quirks 😅
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I need to voice some frustration. So pardon the OT post
Fanuc is making me pull my hair out. You'd think a cnc control built within
the last 20 years could handle switching between G20 and G21 modes! It's a
flippin command line code that can be issued in a file for goodness sakes!
We bought
Interesting, never thought they'd use a gear with so little engagement;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iblqrfu5wdw
(note, it's immersed in oil)
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Thanks for all the replies.
I'll know more when I get the machine. The agent will probably do the mod,
but even then I'm hesitant. If he screws up I'm the one sitting with a big
anchor...
I think I'll use it as-is for a few months, learn more, then take the leap.
Roland
On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 22
I forget what version of the Fanuc Controllers this applies to, but
there were some controllers that had a compact flash slot on the front.
The compact flash slot was used to load and read out the PLC program
logic and the other controller settings. The programming was done
offline on a laptop
On 10/20/2020 02:29 AM, Roland Jollivet wrote:
Also, if I want to ditch the controller at a later stage, are the Fanuc
servo drives interfaceable to EMC?
Can you say what servo amps you have? The oldest Fanuc had
standard analog velocity servos, but instead of a DC
tachometer, they synthesize
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 08:32, Roland Jollivet wrote:
> Also, if I want to ditch the controller at
Sorry about the spelling! My phone Autocorrect keyboard made a mess
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 9:42 PM andrew beck wrote:
> Hat just saw this. I'm currently stripping a old fanuc lathe to run
> linuxcnc. I found that the fanuc servo drives are too hard to with with.
> But to mention so old. I jus
Hat just saw this. I'm currently stripping a old fanuc lathe to run
linuxcnc. I found that the fanuc servo drives are too hard to with with.
But to mention so old. I just buy new Chinese servo motors and drives.
They are $300 usd for a 2.4kw matching drive and motor. And really high
quality.
A
On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 08:32, Roland Jollivet wrote:
> Also, if I want to ditch the controller at a later stage, are the Fanuc
> servo drives interfaceable to EMC?
Some are.
Which isn't a very helpful answer, I suppose.
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de
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Hi All
I'm looking at
Hi All
I'm looking at getting a small VMC that has a Fanuc 0M controller on it.
Much to my chagrin, I found out that there is no I/O on the machine. (for
fixtures, probes etc.) I was expecting a Harting plug on the side.
So any functionality has to be 'enabled' and hardware added and brought out
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