Upgrade W95 Taig mill

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Upgrade W95 Taig mill

Postby casemaker » Fri Sep 11, 2020 3:01 pm

I have a Taig mill with micro proto control running W95 that I want to upgrade to run on W10 x64.
Mach3 has been setup with all the "recommended' settings and the screen shows that the axes should be moving, but there is no connection to the steppers.
I am trying the UC100 that seems to be functioning correctly but nothing is moving, or apparently connected.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Upgrade W95 Taig mill

Postby ger21 » Fri Sep 11, 2020 4:07 pm

Did you install the UC100 plugin?
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Re: Upgrade W95 Taig mill

Postby casemaker » Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:40 pm

UC100 plugin installed and selected
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Re: Upgrade W95 Taig mill

Postby ger21 » Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:19 pm

Are the motors "locked"?
What do you have for the port and pin numbers for the motors?
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Re: Upgrade W95 Taig mill

Postby casemaker » Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:55 pm

Motors are not locked by the controller.
Ports 2,3,4,5,6,7. Pins 1,1
I tried a mach3 xml from Taig but then the screen went blank. I believe their xml is for the latest controller. Mine is from 1998 #2000HD
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Re: Upgrade W95 Taig mill

Postby casemaker » Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:47 pm

The motors seem to have some drag when Mach3 is on. Is it possible there is a power setting that needs adjustment?
When Mach3 is off, the motors turn easily by hand.
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Re: Upgrade W95 Taig mill

Postby casemaker » Sun Oct 04, 2020 8:58 pm

I see that Microproto offers a step and direction adapter board for pre 2004 Taig mills. Since mine is a 1998 purchase from Supertech, is it possible that this board would solve my problem?
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Re: Upgrade W95 Taig mill

Postby casemaker » Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:35 pm

Microproto didn't followup with my request so I had to buy a Gecko 540. Now I need to try to set it up and the NC software running in demo mode. Is there a Taig config I can use?
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