Hi Tracy I have put everything together and nearly fell off my chair when I tried to jog one of the step motors and IT WORKED 1st time. (This is unheard of in...
1967
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 9, 2012 12:15 pm
New guy again I have been able to work around my 1st question to Tracy, but now more interesting things are happening. I have been using the move command to...
1968
tecfacet
Apr 9, 2012 1:37 pm
Steve,  what drivers are you using? Are they full-step, half-step or some microstep?  You need to factor in the step mode of the driver.  Roger ... ...
1969
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 9, 2012 2:00 pm
Hey Roger I'am using full steps Thanks Steve Sent from my iPad...
1970
tecfacet
Apr 9, 2012 2:37 pm
Then you calculations seem ok... Â Assuming no gearing or belt reduction: Â Steps/Rev = Screw Pitch X Driver Steps X Motor Steps Steps/Rev = 20 X (1 for...
1971
Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Apr 9, 2012 3:45 pm
Seems odd. Maybe you don't have enough stepper power to drive? If so, the steppers would make a squealing sound if they are spinning out (not spinning at all...
1972
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 9, 2012 5:41 pm
Thanks, one step forward :) Steve Sent from my iPad...
1973
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 9, 2012 5:53 pm
No squealing sounds, they just start and stop. It is like the computer does some calculating and sends it off to the breakout board, then does more calculation...
1974
Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Apr 9, 2012 6:07 pm
I run Pro on a pretty old computer and it runs fine. Also, when Pro starts, it does a calculation of the max speed based on the processor and won't let you...
1975
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 9, 2012 6:40 pm
I think you have hit it. I am using FreeDOS, but I am getting to it though a virtual window in windows XP. I followed some instructions I found on a FreeDOS...
1976
Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Apr 9, 2012 6:47 pm
Well, I load DOS on one of my machines by hitting F8 during boot (might have to hit it many times) and tell it to load the command prompt instead of windows....
1977
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 9, 2012 6:58 pm
Ok thanks Tracy I will give that a try Thanks Steve Sent from my iPad...
1978
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 9, 2012 9:04 pm
Hi Tracy Sorry to keep bugging you. I tried F8 and was able to get to a C prompt. Then I was able to to CNCPRO and get it up. I then put in my settings, but...
1979
Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Apr 9, 2012 9:22 pm
My machine has 98 on it so XP could be different. You might need to modify the autoexec.bat (or create one) and/or config.sys (or create one) to set up the...
1980
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 9, 2012 9:28 pm
Thanks I'll see what I can find Cheers Steve Sent from my iPad...
1981
Art Eckstein
axtein
Apr 9, 2012 9:36 pm
If I might jump in on this conversation? You have to boot to a DOS system and from what I have read, there is no DOS after ME (effectively 98SE) or you will...
1982
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 9, 2012 10:12 pm
Thanks Art I am going to look again at my FreeDOS live cd. I couldn't get it to boot up, but I will see if I was doing something wrong Cheers Steve Sent from...
1983
Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Apr 9, 2012 10:20 pm
I suspect you can make the machine a dual boot. You'll have to search on that but it might be something that will work. I think you can force it to ask you on...
1984
skl56mitch
Apr 10, 2012 1:37 pm
Hi Again Can someone please tell me the simple steps I need to take to make a bootable CD of a file called "fdinst094.iso" (I have the iso file) I have been on...
1985
tecfacet
Apr 10, 2012 1:44 pm
Buy a program called "Power Iso". Will make a bootable iso.  Roger ... From: skl56mitch <skl56mitch@...> Subject: [CNCPro] help? To:...
1986
Art Eckstein
axtein
Apr 10, 2012 2:47 pm
Doing a quick google search turned up a pdf relating to the subject. However, upon downloading and reviewing it was noted it referred to fdinst095.iso and...
1987
Kerin
kerinobrien
Apr 10, 2012 2:52 pm
Hi, I use a free program called InfraRecorder. Google it and download. It works fine on XP. Select the "Write Image" option when you run it, and just select...
1988
David G. LeVine
sirdave144
Apr 10, 2012 7:57 pm
... Another (but free) program is IMGBURN <http://www.imgburn.com/>. I have been using it for XP and I have had good luck. Dave 8{) -- /"Political...
1989
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 10, 2012 9:04 pm
Hi Kerin Thanks for the help, I finally got a bootable cd Cheers Steve Also thanks to everyone else for their help Sent from my iPad...
1990
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 10, 2012 9:13 pm
Hi Tracy After a little digging, I found info on setting up a dual system with xp and FreeDOS. After setting it up, I got CNCPRO to work. Seemed to run much...
1991
Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Apr 10, 2012 9:51 pm
You may need to use one of the memory managers in config.sys. Remember, DOS doesn't allocate memory past 640K unless you tell it to. Also, if you jog around...
1992
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 10, 2012 10:08 pm
Thanks Tracy I will look at the config I was using the move key when it froze. Is CNC Zeus a dos program as well or under windows. Sound like something to...
1993
Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Apr 10, 2012 10:28 pm
DOS. Tracy...
1994
Roland Jollivet
jemelectric
Apr 11, 2012 10:31 am
I presume you've looked at turboCNC. Regards Roland ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
1995
Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 11, 2012 2:11 pm
Hi Roland No, I didn't think of that, have you or anyone else tried it and how was the experience? Thanks Steve ________________________________ From:...
