Machine pauses at each point when machining
Posted: Fri 29 Aug , 2014 11:20 am
Hi Guys. My first post here but I have read a lot of the forum for this machine. I am having a problem with my MicroRouter Compact. Can you help?
I am running V2.23 with Windows XP Pro on a Dell PC. The firmware is up to date (5216, FPGA 17 & CPLD 9) using Next Step on an NS control card (the newest one with the green LED) and all would seem to be good in terms of comms and control.
However, when the machine runs the GCode, it pauses for a quarter of a second at each point. It is as if it is a child learning to read... "The. Cat. Sat. On. The. Mat..." etc. It can't seem to read ahead and go smoothly from point to point. This not only slows the machine down but enables the tool to burn the timber.
When jogging, it works fine. When machining a G03 interpolated curve, it moves fine but when running a .fnc file from Cut3D, it pauses at each point. As you can imagine, it's quite frustrating. I have spent ages adjusting baud rates and all sorts of parameters to no effect. (Well, no positive effect anyway.)
Can anyone point me toward a specific setting that might be responsible for this please?
Many thanks in advance.
Pete
I am running V2.23 with Windows XP Pro on a Dell PC. The firmware is up to date (5216, FPGA 17 & CPLD 9) using Next Step on an NS control card (the newest one with the green LED) and all would seem to be good in terms of comms and control.
However, when the machine runs the GCode, it pauses for a quarter of a second at each point. It is as if it is a child learning to read... "The. Cat. Sat. On. The. Mat..." etc. It can't seem to read ahead and go smoothly from point to point. This not only slows the machine down but enables the tool to burn the timber.
When jogging, it works fine. When machining a G03 interpolated curve, it moves fine but when running a .fnc file from Cut3D, it pauses at each point. As you can imagine, it's quite frustrating. I have spent ages adjusting baud rates and all sorts of parameters to no effect. (Well, no positive effect anyway.)
Can anyone point me toward a specific setting that might be responsible for this please?
Many thanks in advance.
Pete