Hey guys whenever I run my program in fire control it disables the torch when the program starts don’t know if it’s a problem in fire control or fusion
Have you ever been able to fire the Torch from Firecontrol?
When you hit the torch fire button in Firecontrol, can you hear the relay click in the control box?
What plasma cutter are you using and how is it wired for firing the torch?
Yes last time I cut stuff with it had 0 problems torch works fine if ran manually have continuity on cable to torch when you run the program you can watch it turn the torch button off hypertherm 45xp
It’s hard to understand the problem, when you don’t use punctuation.
Did you mistakenly turn on “dry run” mode?
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Dry mode is off! Should the ihs button be illuminated in the bottom left?
Only if the Torch is in contact with the metal.
There are only two reasons that IHS light could be on. One is the IHS switch is open because the Torch is pressed into the metal or something is holding the switch open. The other is one or both of the IHS wires is disconnected.
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That’s the thing it doesn’t have thc it’s just manually set height!
THC doesn’t have anything to do with it, but if you don’t have a powered Z axis, the IHS light will always be on. That’s normal for a machine without a powered Z axis.
Can you post your g code here? I’ll see if there is anything obviously wrong with it.
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(v1.6-af)
G90 G94
G17
G20
H0
(2D Profile2)
G0 X0.4397 Y1.0873
M3
G4 P2.
G3 X0.4999 Y1.0275 I0.06 J0.0002 F40.
G1 X2.4999 Y1.0341 F40.
M5
G0 Z0.
G1 X3.1003
G1 X3.1001 Y1.0515
G3 X2.625 Y1.6213 I-0.6001 J-0.0174
G1 X0.4401 Y2.0876
M3
G4 P2.
G3 X0.5 Y2.0275 I0.06 J-0.0001
G1 X2.5 Y2.0258
M5
G0 Z0.
G1 X2.9554 Y1.6345
G1 X2.9664 Y1.6477
G3 X3.0994 Y2.0601 I-0.4664 J0.3781
G1 X3.0974 Y2.0858
G1 X3.0875
M3
G4 P2.
G3 X3.0275 Y2.0258 I0. J-0.06
G1 Y0.
G2 X3. Y-0.0275 I-0.0275 J0.
G1 X0.
G2 X-0.0275 Y0. I0. J0.0275
G1 Y5.
G2 X1. Y6.0275 I1.0275 J0.
G1 X2.
G2 X3.0275 Y5. I0. J-1.0275
G1 Y2.0258
M5
G0 Z0.
M30
(PS40)
I don’t see anything obviously wrong with that code. The pierce delay seems a bit long, but that won’t prevent it from firing.
Have you tried to fire it from the “manual torch fire” button in Firecontrol? This is most likely a disconnected wire or a bad torch firing relay.
the relay clicks and the torch works fine when used manually so i will look for an open in the circuit!
While the firing code looks good, albeit a bit long, I’m concerned with what’s happening after the torch is turned off. The M5 turns off the torch. Typically, the next move would be a straight line to your next pierce. (Usually coded by a G1 X?.??? Y?.???) What I’m seeing in the code are 4 or 5 moves, including arcs (G3) to get to the next pierce. This seems out of place.
It appears you are using Fusion, do you mind sharing / exporting & uploading your Fusion file?
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Oooh! Good catch!!! Seems totally inappropriate.
The splice connectors that Langmuir sends weren’t making a good connection soldering them in fixed it
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