Cannot get machine to run, please help

CrossFire ® Troubleshooting
1

I am inching closer to having a functioning CNC plasma table day by day. I have finally gotten G Code to load and now I get an error message in the “Status” field.

R I j k words all missing for arc. Block = N13X3.9905Y-0.1605

I have received the same message on different files. The only difference being the info following the " = ". This has been a very frustrating experience, I just want to start cutting!

Please help,

2

Did you run the break-in tap file from Langmuir?

3

Its trying to cut a circle, but information is missing… the x and y values are the center point, the ijk values tell it the size of the circle… What program are you making your G code in? If it’s sheetcam, go to options->machine then select the post processor tab. Make sure you have Mach 3 Plasma selected… Your G code should look something like this for a hole…

Hope this helps…

N0180 G02 X13.0000 Y39.1344 I-1.8831 J-0.3746 F812.8

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4

Good problem solving. I figured I’d start way back at the beginning with him. I expect the setup is incomplete based on his intro. Thought it would be good to step through it.

5

You can try this file, it’s the break in file with added z axis moves. 3.5" up and down… just cut and paste into notepad and save as a .tap file… It’s what I used when I got mine all set up… Set Z zero at the top of the stroke.

N0010 (Filename: CrossFire Break-in V1.0.tap)
N0040 G20 (Units: Inches)
N0050 G53 G90 G91.1 G40
N0080 (Part: CrossFire Break-in V1.0)
N0100 M06 (Plasma)
G00 X0. Y0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
X23.Y23.Z-3.5
X0.Y0.Z0.
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X0.Y0.Z0.
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M02

6

Yes that runs with not issue.

7

So Mach is running correctly. Are you using Fusion or Sheetcam to generate your paths?

8

There you go! :slight_smile: