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gisigns
07-22-2008, 02:01 PM
I am setting up my, new to me, ShopBot. Of course, I have made several changes. The old windows 98 computer was missing files and it could not find any part files, so I installed SB on a newer computer running windows ME and upgraded the control box, and SB to version 2.39.
Everything appears fine but I can't get the machine to move or cut. I disconnected all the motors and pushed each axis to make sure there was no binding. I reconnected everything and rebooted. I can here the motors attempting to move it but nothing happens. I also need to input my unit values from the old computer but it shows a lot of numbers that are not labeled. I think I have an x and y value but don't see a z value.
Thanks
Heather

myxpykalix
07-22-2008, 02:44 PM
Call Shopbot direct, they can give you the specific values you need to input. It sounds like that might be the problem.

jerry_stanek
07-22-2008, 06:50 PM
Make sure you are in the move cut mode and not the preview mode. That drove me crazy trying to figure it out.