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NeoTech:
So i found the.. ehm.. battery holder..
I don't think the battery has been changed in.. well say 8 years.. holy hell..

So well that took care of the overheating error.. but well. the buttons still don't work as intended.. all the settings for the machine is gone.. And well the manual is not the correct one for the machine. The manufacturer has gone under so many times it's just stupid. No documentation can be found basicly..

Well.. and buttons don't do what they are supposed too..

So.. ripping the sinumerik out of it and do a linuxcnc ??

awemawson:
Intense googling should show up other users of similar machines from whom you could source the lost parameters. Incidentally diligently search every bit of the machine - it's not unknown for parameter lists to be stuck in odd places. Originally there would have been a copy in a pocket in the machine cabinet - probably on the rear door.

There is a chap in this thread who has one:

http://www.elektronikforumet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=45172

philf:
NeoTech,

Have you seen the manual for SINUMERIK 810, GA2

https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/attachments/21899834/341_810_GA2_Installation_Lists.pdf

Phil.

NeoTech:
Ah yeah i'm a avid user and member of elektronikforumet. There is several of us having combi mills. thats why i choose it.

But some history. The Combi Mill is actually a manual mill that was bought in bulk from a small company that made CNC machines out of them from readily available control systems for the market at the time they were ordered. So every machine that rolled out is numbered. Because every machine is different. And i have had contact with the elder gentleman that originally made my machine back in -95. And he have told me that without the original manual (that i dont have, i have a manual from a different machine). There would be no way to reproduce the settings for my specific machine.
The company that made the base machine has gone belly up like 6 times over the last 40 years and so has the cnc converter business. =)

Because everything needs to be entered, down to the parameters for the servo drives and motors. And they differ from machine to machine.

I'm actually considering stripping the machine from this control system and sell the parts off. And get something else or just the easiest route would be LinuxCNC. =)

awemawson:
You give in too easily man - a bit of grit and determination and if you have the will you will succeed :med:

If it was originally commissioned by a human being and didn't just arrive fully working from outer space, it can AGAIN be commissioned - persistence tracking down data from the components it's assembled from - I fought a similar battle getting my Traub up and running :bugeye:

Presumably it's got 3 servo systems with associated drivers and encoders, fed by a controller that is well documented. It obviously is basically 'together' as you have sensible displays on the screen. Given the reference that Phil posted, start by putting in 'standard values' and see what happens.

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