Excitech 0609 dsp problem

[rocabig]

I have solved the problem allready by reformating the dsp but would like to know what caused it

when you look at your dsp screen on the left normaly you see
1X
1Y
1Z

I finished one job ok then when I went to the next one the dsp screen showed
4X
4Y
4Z
and all it kept saying x and y were over limits

any idea what caused it

after reformating it works great again.

thanks

Richard

[Andre09]

Hi Richard, your DSP is running as it should.

What you have mistakenly done is created a new work coordinate position,i.e you have told the DSP that you want to set your 0,0,0 position to a different part of the table. Your controller has the ability to set 9 different work coordinates.

This can be easily demonstrated to you if you turn on your machine again and after it travels to its home position. Press "MENU" + "0" together.
Your DSP will now display a letter in front of it (Im sorry, I am not in front of my machine and cant remember which letter it is,it may be "A"). This is the absolute position of your Machine. If you now press "MENU" + "1" together, you will see that the letter changes to the number 1. Now move your machine closer to the table and to a position where you would like to have your 0,0,0 set.Once this is done set your work origins in all 3 axes. If you now repress "MENU" + "0", you will see that the coordinates have changed. This is the absolute position of your machine. Multiple work coordinates is a handy feature if you are machining more than one item on the table.

Hope my explanation makes sense to you.

"MENU" + "0 - 9" will give you either a local work coordinate or the absolute machine coordinates.

Being over the x or y limit was most likely caused because the 0,0,0 position of the 4th local working coordinates was probably in the middle of the machine and you were asking it to push too far from the local 0,0,0 position than physically possible.

Hope thats explains it.
Andre

[rocabig]

Hi Andre

Thank you that explains it.

Richard