coryatjohn
01-11-2020, 12:41 PM
I'm writing this post not asking for answers but to show what I did to solve the issue.
I'm still on the original SB software I received with the machine: 3.6.38. It was working perfectly and I don't want to rock the boat. My computer started acting up a few weeks ago and the last time I started the computer, it took a lot of fiddling to get it to run. I've left it running since.
Time for a new computer. I ordered a cheapo replacement from eBay. A custom configured Windows 7 64 bit Dell model with an SSD drive for a whopping $150 delivered. Nice computer, about half the physical size of my previous computer. I loaded the 3.6.38 software and everything looked good.
I had zero issues with the USB interfaces, including the spindle. The problem I found was that I couldn't control the spindle RPM. It read 466 on the RPM window and when I tried to change it, the 466 kept returning. The VFD showed 14,000 which was the last RPM I had used to run a job.
I tried all sorts of things to get past this problem and today, after giving up on the internet, I asked Shopbot support (on a Saturday) what's up. Ben gave me the final answer.
I didn't know that clicking on the RPM in the RPM window would bring up a previously unseen text edit window for the spindle controller. Ben gave me that hint and also sent me a link to a video that covers pretty much everything one would want to know about spindle problems:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lVJxIzw7TOBOngr6mGMOPFG1iBJNVfWK/view
I got about 3 minutes into the video and saw my issue. I have a V1000 VFD controller and that one wasn't selected in the RPM window. I changed that to the V1000, also changed the Htz scale from 100 to 60 and all is well again.
Now I have my newish computer configured properly and the Shopbot is responding as expected. Hopefully, I'll have another seven years of trouble free operation.
Thanks Ben!
I'm still on the original SB software I received with the machine: 3.6.38. It was working perfectly and I don't want to rock the boat. My computer started acting up a few weeks ago and the last time I started the computer, it took a lot of fiddling to get it to run. I've left it running since.
Time for a new computer. I ordered a cheapo replacement from eBay. A custom configured Windows 7 64 bit Dell model with an SSD drive for a whopping $150 delivered. Nice computer, about half the physical size of my previous computer. I loaded the 3.6.38 software and everything looked good.
I had zero issues with the USB interfaces, including the spindle. The problem I found was that I couldn't control the spindle RPM. It read 466 on the RPM window and when I tried to change it, the 466 kept returning. The VFD showed 14,000 which was the last RPM I had used to run a job.
I tried all sorts of things to get past this problem and today, after giving up on the internet, I asked Shopbot support (on a Saturday) what's up. Ben gave me the final answer.
I didn't know that clicking on the RPM in the RPM window would bring up a previously unseen text edit window for the spindle controller. Ben gave me that hint and also sent me a link to a video that covers pretty much everything one would want to know about spindle problems:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lVJxIzw7TOBOngr6mGMOPFG1iBJNVfWK/view
I got about 3 minutes into the video and saw my issue. I have a V1000 VFD controller and that one wasn't selected in the RPM window. I changed that to the V1000, also changed the Htz scale from 100 to 60 and all is well again.
Now I have my newish computer configured properly and the Shopbot is responding as expected. Hopefully, I'll have another seven years of trouble free operation.
Thanks Ben!