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Parallel Port breakout boards, motherboards, and dedicated accessories / Pmdx 132 and pmdx 122 motion ceasing
« on: December 15, 2015, 12:44:23 AM »
Have an ancient Bridgeport CNC which I've gutted and now run off a pc, a 132, a 122, and Gecko 203V's, and linuxcnc
Machine ran fine for some months, and if I'm flogging it hard, it seems to like that.
But occasionally the table (steppers) just stops moving. But linuxcnc doesn't cease this lack of motion and continues to run. I'll shut everything down and disconnect/reconnect a bunch of connectors, and eventually I'll get it to run again.
But I've no idea why the machine is stopping, or how to troubleshoot the failure.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
Tom
Machine ran fine for some months, and if I'm flogging it hard, it seems to like that.
But occasionally the table (steppers) just stops moving. But linuxcnc doesn't cease this lack of motion and continues to run. I'll shut everything down and disconnect/reconnect a bunch of connectors, and eventually I'll get it to run again.
But I've no idea why the machine is stopping, or how to troubleshoot the failure.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
Tom