Symptom: The spindle doesn't start for running a sbp file.
Story:
So, best laid plans and all. I have cut my router bit holder drawer. I have two zones of 9 columns of 1/4" bits and three zones of 4 columns of 1/2" bits. I noticed the tool number popping up when I start to cut a pattern and it seemed to relate to the tool database. So, I organized my bit as 1 - 9 and 11 - 19 were the 1/4" and I figured 101 - 104 and so on for the 1/2" bits. This has worked well for a week or so. I re-organized my tool database and got rid of the duplicate tool numbers. Life was good. Did you notice the "was"?
This weekend, I went to a woodworking show and picked up my first 1/2" downcut spiral bit. I had an occasion to use it for a project so I set it up and all. When I started to do the cut, when it would normally say "is tool number X installed" (or something like that), it said "WRONG TOOL" and once I hit OK, it exited the SBP run.
I looked through the scripts and found in the MTC.sbp file that it has a hard limit of 70 for tool numbers -- Ah!!! So, I decided that the 1/2" bits would be 31 - 34, 41 - 44, and 51 - 54. I changed the tool database to be from 101 to 31, recalculated, saved and tried to run the sbp. The spindle (portercable router) did not turn on. I stopped the run right away.
I started to try things.... sometimes scarry.... The C6 command would not start the spindle. I tried C7 and then C6, no joy. I tried a few things (programs restarts, power cycle, etc) and then tried C5 and it worked!!! It started the spindle but didn't progress off of the second "SO 1,0" instruction of the C5 script. I bailed out of it and tried C6.... no luck....
That is where I am now. Is there any way to push a reset to the desktop? or does anyone else know how to get it out of this mode?
Thanks,
Chazz
PS,
To anyone that might have an in to the vectric people, let them know that attempting a tool number over 70 will put the Shopbot Desktop in an abnormal state which will require special attention to get it back to a functioning state.