I'm just setting up my indexer and using the indexer virtual tool I made a file that takes a 3" square and makes it a round 2" column. I lower my Z axis Zero all 3 axis at the center of the proposed column. I tell it to go. The Z axis raises up 3" and the X axis goes extremely slow making a clicking noise I assume because of the slower speed. My estimation of the speed is 1/4 to 1/2" a minute. Is this a normal sound?
The A axis readout is moving (I assume the A axis takes place of the X axis reading) as the carriage moves in the X axis.
However the stepper motor is not turning (The B axis). However when i manually stop the file from running by hitting the spacebar the stepper motor rewinds 1/4 turn as if it is returning to some starting point. During the running of the file the B axis never turned at all.
On my legacy the it has a motor that turns the stock as the router moves down the X axis so i know the B axis should be turning.
My settings are correct according to the indexer.pdf setup document. The only thing i can guess, which i can't find anything to tell me this is what its doing, is that when you first start a rounding file you are supposed to set the Z to the highest corner (So it starts in a diamond shape as opposed to a flat 90 surface. That would account for the B axis not turning because it is clipping the corners off first, is that assumptionm correct?
Does anyone have a sample rounding file or any type of file that they know works that i could use to see if if it works correctly on my machine? I'd like to rule out operator error in file creation as a first step to figure out what is going on here.
If you have any other type of documentation or commands i'd like to see that also.
On page 3 of indexer instructions under the header "the indexer software" it says "Copy the indexer.sbp file to your shopbot working directory or SBparts directory...."
Is the "indexer.sbp" file the part file you create with the indexer tool "wizard" or is it the indexer control software?
I don't have that file or these others in any folder anywhere:
IF_CNFG.SBP
I_SRFACE.SBP
I_SPINY.SBP
IS_HELIX.SBP
ID_HELIX.SBP
Does anyone know if this is downloadable from shopbot, cuz i can't find it there anywhere. Or can someone send me these for a PRTAlpha? If anyone has any other documentation or resources to help me with this please let me know where to get it.......thanks