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If you have a Calmotion unit with the 3 button display like these shown below, but need to use with a Fadal CNC 88HS, CNC 88, Multiprocessor or CNC 32MP controls. (Basically any Fadal control that uses the ENTER NEXT COMMAND) then find the instructions below: NOTE: Use only Calmoti

I have my unit plugged into a fanuc OM and when trying to retrieve a program, (cnc to usb) I get the box ready to retrieve information, pull up the desired program on my fanuc and hit “punch” it then appears with the “Waiting on packet” message on my box. Doesn’t go away. It worked before but now it

If this is the first time use the Calmotion with the Fadal. Make sure the default baud setting on the Calmotion is also available on the Fadal. Go to SETP, the baud rate 38400 must be available in the parameter list to use the Calmotion out of the box. If the Fadal max baud rate is 9600, the Calmo

The XYZ and AB axis limits can be changed using the LIMITS command. Instead of requiring an EPROM change, now the limit for any axis can be changed with setting a new value with the LIMITS command. For example to set the limits for a Fadal TR-65 or TR-165 tilt rotary table with the limits +15 degr

The 527F directory gives access to the USB disk, SD memory, or network FTP servers. To get to this directory the DIR command can be used, or access with the 0-DISK command when displayed on the Editor menu. Here is a video demostrating the use of the DIR command: https://youtu.be/St9G7KAqH7I?si=qKE

With the PC 527F video card application, using DR or back plotting will be different than the legacy control. The program will first be plotted into a file on the 527F control card. Then with the PC the file will be accessed and can be viewed or plotted with any g-code back plotting software. Setup

The Fadal 1090 keyboard controller uses an unkeyed and under sized header. So connecting the ribbon cable from the keyboard to this header allows several incorrect connections. If after installing the keyboard replacement ELE-1784 the keyboard appears to not work. Most likely this is due to the c

It is possible that the version software on the Calmotion unit is so old that larger USB disks stop working. The original versions supported USB disks with a maximum of 1 GB. Larger USB disks will not function. These are typically units manufactured before year 2009. Typical errors you might see: E

The Calmotion CALAMP-7 spindle drive will replace any horsepower drive that powers a Fadal spindle motor*. Whether the spindle motor has an encoder or not as well as supporting rigid tapping option on the machine. The CALAMP-7 is a drop in replacement for inverters and vector drives from Baldor, AMC

I have a file on my USBCNC-FAD-INT and am unable to find the specified program name. My steps: 1) CD,10 [ENTER] 2) DNC,OP5-33T77.NC+

The Fadal control does not allow the N# to exceed the largest number of 99999. The Fadal will give the message: ERROR N WORD EXCEEDS 99999. This typically happens with large programs that are being DNCed to the Fadal control. There are a couple of work arounds for this: First option, line numbers a

The Mitsubishi E04 ' DEVICE NOT READY ' error message typically indicates the CNC parameters do not match the Calmotion parameters. Match the baud rate, flow control and RS232 port settings on Calmotion to the Mitsubishi. • Check communication parameters (see Mitsubishi users manual) • Cable incor

Fanuc P/S Alarm 87 ' BUFFER OVERFLOW ' • Flow Control or Data/Parity/Stop parameters are not configured properly Compare the Fanuc settings and the Calmotion settings. The flow control settings need to be the same as well as the RS232 port settings. Typical Fanuc setting for flow control would be

Windows has a program called IPCONFIG. When this program is run on Windows using the CMD application, it will display the current network settings on the computer: 1) Run the CMD program on Windows. (Press the Win + R keys on your keyboard, then type CMD) 2) Run the IPCONFIG application at the pr

With the units for Fadal machine there are additional parameters to search for text in the program and start in the middle of the program. Any text can be searched for it can be a line number or a tool number, as long as the text exists in the file (no spaces allowed). This is described in the user

The latest installer for the 527F PC video application can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDx86Mdkp6oAR0Uhkr6uf6MmBDpx-Jgs/view?usp=sharing Once downloaded, run the installer on the PC that will be displaying the 527F screen data. Plug in the 527F Video card's USB cable into

When selecting IP addresses for the LANCNC or LANUSB units, use IP addresses that are high on the IP last number.  Like 240, for example 192.168.1.240 and another device at 192.168.1.241, etc. The IP address is stored in the LANCNC.INI file, but once the INI is set, the file is not needed anymore o

For the LANCNC and LANUSB products. Use a standard SD card SDHC type.  It must be FAT32 format. SD cards 32GB and smaller typically come already set to FAT32. USB disks must be FAT32 format. Typically 32GB and smaller come already set to FAT32. There are no required files the SD card or USB disk,

The Calmotion LANCNC, LANUSB and 527F products all come standard with a wired RJ45 Ethernet port. All of these devices can connect wirelessly with adding a simple device that converts the wired connection to a Wifi connection. The device to purchase go by several different names, like WiFi Adapter,

With the Calmotion LCD monitor replacement for the Fadal, ELE-0189, there are multiple background and foreground color settings. With the standard coax video cable to BNC connector there are only 2 colors, a foreground and a background color. The Calmotion LCD provides a jumper to choose what those

Windows buffers FTP data. This creates problems if the FTP information changes. If the FTP page is refreshed with F5 will typically work. It is suggested to force Windows to always reload FTP pages.  To make this change: 1. Open the Windows Internet Options properties (see screen shots below) 2. Se

New to the Fadal / Calmotion controller. Installed Renishaw TS27 tool setter and OMP40-2 Probe with OMI02t receiver on my recently purchase 8030 that has the Calmotion 527F. Now trying to learn Macro language for this controller. Not much Macro programming experience but have some. Have looked in t

First the machine will need to have a spindle encoder on the spindle motor and the spindle drive will need to be a vector drive. There are a couple of ways to find out: • Make a physical inspection at the motor. First remove any cover or filters on top of the spindle motor. The encoder will be inst

The display does not light up? Check cables and power going to the Calmotion board. Also note that the gray display cable should not be more than 7 feet long. The Calmotion operates but fails with the communication: The most common cause is that the parameters on the Calmotion unit got changed acci

To view, copy, delete files on the Calmotion device on the network, use the Windows File Explorer. Then enter the ftp address to display the directory. Optionally, a shortcut icon can be added as well. Below are the steps to map the Calmotion FTP network drive in File Explorer. The instructions are

-Check that the correct power and orientation is connected to Calmotion before turning on for first time. -Leave the RS232 disconnected on the first power on to verify Calmotion powers up correctly -Use only the supplied cables and connectors. Do not add additional cables. Was the RS232 working pre

Fanuc P/S Alarm 02 ' TV PARITY ALARM ' • The number of characters in a block is odd. This Fanuc alarm will be generated only when the TV check is in effect. Disable all parity checking on the Fanuc. • Make sure the Fanuc ' TV Check ' parameter setting is set to ' 0 ' or disabled • Make sure the Fanu

543 Designated data is not right • Try previously working program to help diagnosis • Program data might be missing the program number O# • G-code not right, look at contents of file

With Calmotion units that have a LCD display. There is a Option selection for setting the Mid-tape search text. This allows the operator to search for text in the program and start in the middle of the program. Any text can be searched for it can be a line number or a tool number, as long as the tex

The message "Waiting on NAK" is correct. This is just a waiting message. This message is displayed when the SW Flow Control setting is set to Xmodem. If the CNC is not setup to also use Xmodem or the CNC has not started the RS232 read/write then the Calmotion will display this message as it waits