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 '''Spindle power''': 2.2KW, 3HP
-'''Spindle type''': VFD based motor. (VFD is a commander SK from control tech [http://www.control-pro.ru/doc_pdf/commander_sk/product_data.pdf user manual], [https://inverterdrive.com/file/Commander-SK-Advanced-User-Guide advance user manual])
+'''Spindle type''': VFD based motor. (VFD is a commander SK from control tech [[:File:Commander-SK-Basic-User-Guide.pdf|user manual]], [[:File:Commander-SK-Advanced-User-Guide.pdf|advance user manual]])
 '''Max feed rate''': 750inch/min
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 === VCarve ===
 To create designs for routing, we have a makerspace-licensed version of VCarve Pro. This means you can download, install and run VCarve Pro Makerspace Client Edition on your home PC or Laptop. '''For free!'''
-<blockquote>[[File:Pngkit pointing-finger-png 65553.png|100x60px|]][[VCarve-Makerspace-Client-instructions|Instructions for installing, licensing, and Using VCarve Pro Makerspace Client (click here]]!)
+Follow this link to create a Vectric account linked to Protospace: https://portal.vectric.com/organization/shared-invite/X6Ds8uH2G5HfJKP6xjKr Then after installing the free trial and logging in you will have full use of the Makerspace Client version.
-<small>The current version on the classroom computer is V12 as of August 2024.</small>
+Once you've installed Vcarve, you can create files at home then export gcode from the licensed classroom and music workstations at Protospace.
-<small>If you install a newer version than this on your PC you may have to update the version installed on the Classroom or Music Computer to open your files at Protopace. (Please then edit this part of the wiki to reflect the current version installed.</small>  </blockquote>Once you've installed Vcarve, you can create files at home then export gcode from the licensed classroom and music workstations at Protospace. To access the licensed copies of Vcarve Pro, you'll need to log in with username "protospace".
+Tutorial for installing and using VCarve Pro: https://portal.vectric.com/organization/238/makerspaceEntitlement/469
 === Fusion 360 ===
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 ==== Spindle ====
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-|SKCD2
+|Automation Direct
+GS21-23P0
 |Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) for Spindle
 <small>(240V, 2.2 kW, 3HP)</small>
-|The VFD providers power to the spindle, with a different control scheme from the XYZ axes.
+|The VFD providers power to the spindle
 Mach3 speaks to the VFD using Modbus via an RS-485 card, configured in Mach3 to communicate via a dedicated "Brain".
 So far, we have not been successful at receiving messages back over Modbus (e.g. true spindle RPM).<ref>https://forum.protospace.ca/t/wood-cnc-precix-help/3389/23</ref>
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 |V7-2B17D8-201
 |Limit Switches
-|One limit switch is used to find "home". Another a little further along the axis tells the CNC to "shut down, you've gone too far!" (see Troubleshooting, below)
+|One limit switch on each axis is used to find "home". Another limit switch at each end of each axis tells the CNC drives to "shut down, you've gone too far!" (see Troubleshooting, below)
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 ===== "ESS did not respond to wakeup message" Dialog box appears when starting Mach3. =====
 This usually means the large black controller box for the machine is turned off, or did not have enough time to start before starting Mach3.
+===== "The ESS has an invalid bootloader signature" Dialog box appears when starting Mach3. =====
+This happens when Mach3 didn't shut down the controller correctly. Power off the controller, wait some time, power on, launch mach3 again. This can happen if someone is logged in with mach3 running in the background, comms are impossible, and a reboot has to be used.
 ===== Spindle refuses to spin =====
-VFD (Variable Frequency Drive motor driver - big controller box on the floor) overheated/off/tripped/reset? Power cycle with red switch next to floor.
+VFD (Variable Frequency Drive motor driver - big controller box near the floor on the South side (+X) of the machine)
+Green light -> Power. Switch is on small box beside the controller box. Circuit breaker is on the East wall labelled Precix.
+Red light -> Drive fault. Press the light/button to reset.
+Sometimes the serial port on the PC gets into a weird state and comms are lost to the drive. A full power off, power on reset of the PC is needed to clear this problem.
 ===== Mach3 errors, gantry refuses to home/move =====
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 Well, don't do that. Something about the probe screen/script being lame and leaving the machine in the wrong units, from step 6 in quick start above:
-) Zero the Z axis using a piece of paper and ‘INCR” jog mode, or Z-PROBE. If using Z probe, first check probe speeds and distances in the probing screen. **Mach3 starts in INCH mode but the probe settings are whatever the last person left them at** Make sure you change the tool number to 99 before probing. Change the tool number to 1 or 0 after probing.
+) Zero the Z axis using a piece of paper and ‘INCR” jog mode, or Z-PROBE. If using Z probe, first check probe speeds and distances in the probing screen.
 ===== Ethernet SmoothStepper ran out of data in the middle of a move =====
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 * Improperly tuned acceleration or velocity settings that cause slippage on an axis
 * Power was removed from the motor drivers, and the axes drifted or moved from their set position
+===== Spindle won't reach all the way down to the table =====
+Someone removed the 6 screws that hold the spindle motor plate to the Z axis and raised it 2 inches. Move it back down.
 ===== You can help expand this list by hopefully not breaking the Precix too badly! =====