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- Deciphering the diagnostic display (UD) (5 replies)
- Alpha Spindle shutting off (10 replies)
- Problems Cutting Diagonals and Circles (11 replies)
- xy (4 replies)
- Version 2.38 (6 replies)
- Possible bad Driver??? (6 replies)
- Y axis not moving (10 replies)
- Machine changes cut speed (6 replies)
- Y-axis physical (0) incorrectly set (1 replies)
- Control Box Not Connected (3 replies)
- Off Center (44 replies)
- intermittent cutting (4 replies)
- filters for usb communication cable (7 replies)
- How to conver point file to Aspire (2 replies)
- Large file issue (10 replies)
- Probe Error (3 replies)
- spark and flash (9 replies)
- spindle speeds (2 replies)
- Monitor goes black with monitor logo popping up (5 replies)
- Move & Jog not working properly, Move is too fast and jog is too slow! (8 replies)
- Z Axis Driver Problems | Gecko G202 Solution Needed (2 replies)
- intermittent control box issue (4 replies)
- Control Box Communication Problem (9 replies)
- Invalid Expression (1 replies)
- Dead power supply? (6 replies)
- Video of what motors start doing. (8 replies)
- Drill doesn't spin until it touches the wood (0 replies)
- Spindle won't spin (6 replies)
- 3.8.10 - Keypad causing prox limit / z-play zeroing problems (8 replies)
- Motor or Control board Problems? (9 replies)
- File progress indicator problem (3 replies)
- Radius Corner (7 replies)
- File Load Problem (3 replies)
- Grinding Sound during deceleration when using "keyboard" crontrol (0 replies)
- Change Axis Direction (7 replies)
- Mid-Cut Error (11 replies)
- Prox switch stuttering (0 replies)
- What settings went wrong? (3 replies)
- run time error 76 path not found (2 replies)
- missing post processor (2 replies)
- Stopping Mid Probe (1 replies)
- Maxing out Z axis.... (6 replies)
- Calibrating proximity switches (3 replies)
- Surfacing problems on new BT48-12, help! (10 replies)
- Spindle rotation direction (9 replies)
- Is spindle going bad? (5 replies)
- everything is much smaller than programmed to cut (2 replies)
- Strange noise and nasty vibration (64 replies)
- should I upgrade to SB version 3.6.46? (2 replies)
- Version 3.8.10 (35 replies)
- preview mode no working (4 replies)
- Problem with my x acces (10 replies)
- Go to and single line (6 replies)
- z accuracy, and low end (2 replies)
- straight lines being cut with a small bow. (4 replies)
- PRS Alpha Missing Steps (33 replies)
- Y Axis Error (7 replies)
- Y error (10 replies)
- Help Please! Regarding Old Shopbot (96ish cable drive) (4 replies)
- Cuts are not straight, has a wiggle? (17 replies)
- nudge (1 replies)
- Unfamiliar Error Message (1 replies)
- Parts cutting too small (2 replies)
- New to me Shopbot PR (I think) (3 replies)
- ZZero routine issues and units (2 replies)
- Cut Accuracy.. (16 replies)
- Z axis location problem (20 replies)
- C2 C3 problem (2 replies)
- did I update my shopbot with wrong machine (1 replies)
- Z Axis Problem (2 replies)
- stranger and strangerer (7 replies)
- 7.2 unit values? (3 replies)
- Down is up, Up is down (2 replies)
- Limit Switch vs XY=0,0 (0 replies)
- Tool pause during cut. How to debug. (8 replies)
- pause problem and symmetry problem (3 replies)
- Driver Alarms Flashing (3 replies)
- X-axis slow down while cutting file?? (11 replies)
- Z Motion Problems (4 replies)
- Port #4 Problems (4 replies)
- PRT zero plate wiring (1 replies)
- Missing Comm Return???? (1 replies)
- Confused about unit values and gear ratios (13 replies)
- motors (0 replies)
- Chattering X motors (3 replies)
- X-Y Seems to hesitate (10 replies)
- 3.8.6 Spindle turns off and loses communication solved (0 replies)
- Slow Moving Spindle in X&Y (4 replies)
- Shifting of home position on X axis. (6 replies)
- Run time error 13 Type Mismatch (16 replies)
- motors (1 replies)
- Tool moving in wrong X direction (5 replies)
- move and jog erratic after upgrading software need help (9 replies)
- 12inch Z converted to18inch Z not going down all the way (2 replies)
- Rod Mcdonald (4 replies)
- SB ACTING STRANGE...HELP Please! (13 replies)
- not urgent (4 replies)
- Z gets progressively deeper (7 replies)
- Trouble in ATC setup (3 replies)
- Stuck collet (and one way to fix) (3 replies)
- "Label finding error" hmmmm? (3 replies)
- Request please.. (0 replies)
- add on memory (2 replies)
- Error creating of writing file info log (0 replies)
- Wiring Diagram / Instructions Needed (5 replies)
- Change Input number (0 replies)
- 2002 PR4896 accuracy issue looking for help!!! (2 replies)
- Still No Solution...Help me please! :) (12 replies)
- proximity sensors (1 replies)
- 3.8.4 My fault. (1 replies)
- unable to reset drivers (7 replies)
- Z-going to deep (8 replies)
- Bought PRT Alpha, E stop issue (6 replies)
- ok vets I need a little help!!!!!! (3 replies)
- Spindle Speed Ignored (5 replies)
- Missing file (6 replies)
- Partworks 3D and partworks tool database different (5 replies)
- PRT will not zero (3 replies)
- ShopBot with upgraded Control Cards. Version 3.8.02 Released 2/28/13 (3 replies)
- S Command, lost steps (0 replies)
- Looking for a workaround (4 replies)
- Yaskawa spindle won't turn on (2 replies)
- probe issues (1 replies)
- Windows 8 and a new slow comm rate (12 replies)
- wierd skip in cutting file (3 replies)
- Rails (7 replies)
- Loosing X, Y Position (13 replies)
- S-stop, lost steps (0 replies)
- Why Why Why??? (16 replies)
- Artcam and PAF (0 replies)
- My smooth isnt soo smooth.. (2 replies)
- Shop power question (12 replies)
- Partworks won't open Autocad file (4 replies)
- false limits (0 replies)
- Losing Communication (33 replies)
- Z motor died...I think. (5 replies)
- Driver Alarm (2 replies)
- I am looking for help with my digitizing probe. (3 replies)
- ATC drawbar problem (1 replies)
- X-Axis Rack warping (1 replies)
- air drill issues (2 replies)
- Stopping cut in mid file! (14 replies)
- Shopbot table surfacer tool (3 replies)
- Noisy PRS Alpha (7 replies)
- Frustrated with erratic behavior (16 replies)
- machine stops in tracks, freezes (1 replies)
- Shuddering after upgrade (3 replies)
- Retro Z UNIT VALUE settings? (2 replies)
- USB not conectting (3 replies)
- ShopBot Probe traveling in -Y direction? (2 replies)
- Y axis cuts oval, cant snug set screws up any tighter.... (2 replies)
- PRT Benchtop Issue (5 replies)
- Old 1998 shopbot. Y axis screaming (4 replies)
- PRS Alpha JERK/BANG (12 replies)
- Help with plumbing spindle (4 replies)
- Starting spot makes bit sized indent (7 replies)
- communication problems still (13 replies)
- new pc displays wrong bot in setup, cant do anything. (2 replies)
- Web Site problem for Shopbot home page? (4 replies)
- Lightning Strike (4 replies)
- SBEdit.exe error 13 (9 replies)
- Error: Tool Stop Button On!!! (6 replies)
- Old machine Old SW (24 replies)
- HELP! Z depth changes as machine carves (8 replies)
- spindle fan issue. (5 replies)
- Variation on cuts from top to bottom (5 replies)
- Spindle not starting (2 replies)
- Skipping Strangeness... (10 replies)
- Z moves wrong direction?... (1 replies)
- PRTAlpha Z-Zero Plate Stopped Operating (29 replies)
- Missing Com Question (2 replies)
- Sub panels (8 replies)
- Issue with Z changing depths in Area Clear (11 replies)
- Shopbot Buddy Jerking (14 replies)
- pinion gear settings (2 replies)
- C3 problems (4 replies)
- Upgrade to V 3.644 Question & Such (1 replies)
- vacuum vent pipe melting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (6 replies)
- Need help on a shuttering issue. (10 replies)
- USB Speed Test (1 replies)
- Missing Comm Errors and such... (0 replies)
- Ready to give up on HSD (43 replies)
- Cooked Circuit Board (8 replies)
- Schematics for PRTAlpha (2 replies)
- proximity sensor weirdness (4 replies)
- com error, again. (21 replies)
- another com error (7 replies)
- Firmware question (2 replies)
- SB not finding com port (4 replies)
- Feed Rate Changes (1 replies)
- tr command (4 replies)
- Present but not responding (2 replies)
- lost comms (12 replies)
- Intermittent Z-Zero issue with MTC, and Link. (2 replies)
- Error message when trying to initiate router cutting (6 replies)
- Files cutting twice (8 replies)
- Possible Machine Cailbration (1 replies)
- Looks good in partworks, shifts on the desktop (6 replies)
- Y axis not moving (6 replies)
- Clean Vectors; Bad V Carve (17 replies)
- New alpha machine having problems (3 replies)
- Shopbot Control Software question (2 replies)
- New variety of SB problems...strange ones. (7 replies)
- Spindle Issues.... or not??? (10 replies)
- Let's Get It Lined Up! (12 replies)
- shopbot present but not responding (2 replies)
- floating wheel (5 replies)
- LOTS of extra moves in my cut files (6 replies)
- lost my tool bar (1 replies)
- control software question (12 replies)
- i phone remote app (1 replies)
- incorrect setup (7 replies)
- Driver Reset (1 replies)
- Cannot Find Active Ports (14 replies)
- Communication issue? Grind noise, then position loss (57 replies)
- Bot making a loud noise and sudden jolt (23 replies)
- Maintenance observations. (4 replies)
- router fan (2 replies)
- router relay/4g board (1 replies)
- vfd speed control (1 replies)
- Missing steps frustration (27 replies)
- Proximity Limits message (4 replies)
- ShopBot is kinda slow today.. (1 replies)
- Z Zero Setup Questions (2 replies)
- C2 Command Problem (5 replies)
- Serial Port (1 replies)
- Shopbot running slower than it should. (8 replies)
- C3 command changes (14 replies)
- Proximity switches not reliable (2 replies)
- X-axis troubles (10 replies)
- Shopbot Desktop - DOA? Input 4 error. Help! (10 replies)
- Z axis motor looses lock (3 replies)
- Tab error ? (8 replies)
- Possible Z Axis Issue? ~ Newbie to this!! (10 replies)
- X Axis missing steps - Problem Solved! (2 replies)
- Lose Z Zero during cut (5 replies)
- Spindle RPM change lag (2 replies)
- Shop bot OFF TRACK!!! (8 replies)
- VFD will not power up (2 replies)
- Cutting trouble (7 replies)
- Shopbot workShop Ver 3xx has encounered a problem (10 replies)
- Hitting limit where not limit exists (4 replies)
- Z issues (10 replies)
- what is this shobot 3 popup? (5 replies)
- stepper motor grind and position loss at random (12 replies)
- stumbling while jogging (18 replies)
- A simple request (0 replies)
- Lost Comm (15 replies)
- Machine locked up and now has issues (1 replies)
- Waddya make of this? (7 replies)
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