Shopbot Control Software question

[mccoy178]

Hello,

I have an older PRTAlpha120. Everytime I go to use the spindle, I have to hit ALT 1,2,3,4 to turn on the four outputs, otherwise the machine will not give me the onscreen safety prompts. My question:

How can I get those four output lights to automatically stay on or come on before loading a part file?

[srwtlc]

Ben, does the part file you are running have the needed command to turn on the spindle?

Your part file should have something like SO,1,1 for on and SO,1,0 for off. If your spindle is on a different output, it would be another switch number then. If your file doesn't have that, then you need to use a different post processor. What program are you using to post your code? PW, VCP, Aspire?

Code snippet....

'Sets RPM
TR,12000,1

'Starting spindle
SO,1,1
PAUSE 3

'Shutting spindle down
SO,1,0

[mccoy178]

Here is a screen shot of one of my sample Aspire files. It appears that when files end, the output lights all shut off. Even when using the Z zero plate file in the SB software. I just purchased an PRSAlpha and that didn't appear to be the case. He said he never had to manually turn on the outputs using the ALT + number keys.

I hope this makes sense.