BRIDGEPORT Torque-Cut 22

[tpmx57]

Not sure what was going on but I checked all the plugs and made sure all were seated well and made sure the plug was tight on the harddrive and when i tryed again the mill is starting fine,
everthing comes up fine and i can home the axis out.
I was thinking maybe I should buy a new harddrive and have a copy from the one in the mill ,

[machintek]

The BMDC did not load the software. This is common after a bumpy ride.
You were correct to reseat all the plugs. I would have also pulled the BMDC out, cleaned the edge connector with a soft eraser and reseated it. There have been occasions where I have used a different ISA slot and re-established communications that way too.
No hard drive. Next time get a DISK on a MODULE (DOM).

George

[tpmx57]

Thanks George.
If I get a BOM can I copy the hard drive on the machine to it through DOS
by putting it in a extra ISA slot?
Or just use another PC to copy it on?
Once I have a copy I can use it if ever needed.
Also I want to get a couple motherboards to put away,is this what I would want? 386/486/pentium 133 DOS PC,anything in paticular to make sure of?
Thank You

[tpmx57]

Played with the tc today some.
Got it to run through the tool change several times.one time it hung up on a limit switch and gave an error,had to home the carousel to get it going again.
Also got the pc to hang in the edit screen,it said esc would exit but the pc was locked there.
Something I am doing wrong just need to play some more.
Also what is the proper way to shut the machine down?
I was just pressing e-stop and shutting off power.
Machine has sat for a year and appears limit switches are gummy.
I am going to go thru like George advised and clean the bmdc contacts.
So far so good.
Alot to figure out,not like the new cnc's I have ran.

[machintek]

A DOM plugs into a IDE plug. Thus it could be a D drive (slave) or later a master if need be.
Just make sure you do not copy bad files.
The hard part is to find mother boards that have ISA slots and also function. 133MHz or less should work/ The BMDC needs a ISA slot.

George

[tpmx57]

Thanks George,
I went through the boards and cables tonight and made sure all was connected alright,I need to replace the cable to the hard drive.
It doesn,t seem to stay tight .
I starte the mill and it started with no plroblems at all.
It always goes to the blue screen that says Machine checkeither ok or not running then Executive loading:Please wait ,then bmdc is running then comes right up.
Should it go to this screen or load on the previous screen?
I finally am getting somewhere with the different screes.
The only problem I see so far was after I homed the axis
a line came up that said:Error in reading disc:Hit any key to continue.
Any key and the line disapears.
Everything else goes good until I go to the edit screen
I get a line that says Wait:Loading file to editer with the curser flashing at the bottom.
It says the F2 key is exit but the computer freezes there.
I have to reset the pc to get going again.
Its probably something I am doing but can't seem to get anywhere with it.
I would like to know how to write a small program,save it then recall it and then run it.
the more I have work with it the better it is getting.
The control seems pretty user friendly so far.
I am going to pull the boards and clean everything good then I should be good to go.
I would like to backup the c drive and I would like to check the drive and delete or fix any bad files.
Would this be a good idea?
I just want to get the pc in good shape.

[tpmx57]

Could someone give me an idea of what I am programming wrong on the TC-22?
This line of simple code:
N10 G1X2.5Y2.5F50
Gives a NO FEEDRATE SPECIFIED error

[machintek]

Try adding a decimal point to the feedrate.

George

[tpmx57]

That did it George,Thanks
I never gave a thought to feedrate needing a decimal point.
Machine runs fine now.
i was able to right a small program in MDI and save it,edit it if needed and run it.
My edit screen doesn,t freeze now,that was an operator error not the machines .
Only question I have now is why does the machine come up CNC off even after the drives are on and axis are homed?
It does come on after awhile but I don,t know why it finally does.
I have watched to see if its something I do or what.
Is there a way to get the CNC to come on right away?
Also where is a good place to get a programing manual for the DX32?

[machintek]

Email address?

George

[tpmx57]

email is:tpmx57@yahoo.com

[tpmx57]

Got them George,Thanks very much!
That will help alot.
I have played around with the mill getting familiar with it and have been able to get a program made ,saved ,recalled,edited and ran with tool changes and so far all looks good.
I have not had the system freeze up since day one when it was things I was doing.
Still not sure why sometimes on startup it comes up cnc off,last time at startup it came right up with CNC-ABS- -.
Other times it will just come up sometime along the way.
It does seem the more I run the machine the better the thing acts,it sat for over a year.
It is just inside the garage door now,I am going to move it over to the shop side along with the series II and get things setup there.
Need to get some other projects done first.
I want to link a PC to the 2 mills to make/transfer programs to.
I have a bunch of parts to cut now on the series II for where I work.
Lots too do not enough time.
Thanks again!
Gary