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SINO SDS2L DRO Problem?

This topic has 15 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 30 March 2016 at 19:03 by mechman48.

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25 March 2016 at 15:51 #231648
Martin King 2
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@martinking2
Hi All,

I am in the process of fitting a SINO SDS2l DRO to my ML7 and have so far installed the long scale and read head at the back where the taper attachemnt would go. I have clocked the installation and bracketry and all seems good.

When I connected the scale to the display and fired it up it went through its startup and seemed to work OK….

Until I pressed the X button to zero the scale when all I got was a decimal point.

No matter what I do I cannot get a row of zeros to come up.

I have swithced the axies and taken a couple of pics, first an arbitrary position then after hitting Z/Zo, just the decimal point.

Have tried all sorts of scrolling throught the ABS & INC modes but no go.

Any thoughts please or have I bought a pup?
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25 March 2016 at 15:51 #8069
Martin King 2
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@martinking2
No Zero showing
25 March 2016 at 16:03 #231649
MW
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@mw27036
I'm not an expert at this but i have had errors with my DRO before that were scale related rather than the readout itself (dirty contact/poor contact). To rule this out, could you try switching the leads for scales for each axis over just to make sure it's not an error with the scale?

P.s having re-read this i can see you've already tried that, It could well be a problem with the setup or maybe a duff lead?

Michael W

Edited By Michael Walters on 25/03/2016 16:06:40
25 March 2016 at 16:18 #231651
Nick Hughes
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@nickhughes97026
Have you tried pressing the "ZERO" key on the top row?

Also try "0" then "ENTER"

Last resort Read the Intruction Manual?

P.S. Just did some digging and found "Select Axis then press CLS"

Nick.

Edited By Nick Hughes on 25/03/2016 16:47:11
25 March 2016 at 16:42 #231655
Clive Foster
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@clivefoster55965
I have the 3 axis, mill, version but zeroing should be the same.

Key sequence to zero is :- X … 0 …. Ent. If you want to put an offset in same sequence but insert the offset number.

Clive
25 March 2016 at 19:26 #231671
Martin King 2
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@martinking2
Yup! That did the trick, many thanks indeed.

Couple of other queries please,

Can you confirm that the Z axis is the left right of the carriage and the X axis is cross slide travel?

How do I use the radius/diameter control please?

Regards,

Martin
25 March 2016 at 19:27 #231672
Martin King 2
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@martinking2
Btw, I do not have a manual and cannot find one for this specific model
25 March 2016 at 19:47 #231677
Ian P
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@ianp
Posted by Martin King 2 on 25/03/2016 19:27:06:

Btw, I do not have a manual and cannot find one for this specific model

Martin

I have the same DRO as you. Someone here kindly sent me a PDF version of the manual so if you PM me your email address I will forward it to you.

Ian P
25 March 2016 at 19:58 #231680
Martin King 2
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@martinking2
Ian, PM sent, many thanks

Martin
26 March 2016 at 12:32 #231766
mechman48
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@mechman48
… 'Can you confirm that the Z axis is the left right of the carriage and the X axis is cross slide travel?'

'X' axis is table travel left to right… 'Y' is front to back… 'Z' is up & down

George.
26 March 2016 at 12:36 #231769
David Colwill
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@davidcolwill19261
Posted by mechman48 on 26/03/2016 12:32:35:

… 'Can you confirm that the Z axis is the left right of the carriage and the X axis is cross slide travel?'

'X' axis is table travel left to right… 'Y' is front to back… 'Z' is up & down

George.

Hi that is for a milling machine. On a lathe the carriage is Z and the cross slide X.

The Z axis is always in line with the spindle. (OK there may be exceptions).

Regards.

David.
26 March 2016 at 12:36 #231770
Martin King 2
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@martinking2
Hi George , I understand that to be the nomal convention, but this DRO for a lathe only has X & Z Axes and I have been told that X mustbe the cross slide in order for the Radius/Diamter button to work but I cannot confirm this in the manual?
26 March 2016 at 12:37 #231771
Martin King 2
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@martinking2
Sorry David C , my post crossed with yours, thanks for the ereply.

Martin
29 March 2016 at 23:24 #232390
Jon
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@jon
X has always been longitudinal whether mill, grinder or lathe.
Some drawings even refer to longitude being X and Y width.
30 March 2016 at 07:19 #232398
Andy Holdaway
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@andyholdaway
On my Sino DRO, X has to be for the cross slide for the radius / diameter to work. If you look at your first picture there is 'RAD' under the X display – a decimal point appears here when in radius mode. The taper calculation function also requires that X is the cross slide.
30 March 2016 at 19:03 #232537
mechman48
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@mechman48
FWIW for clarification re axes…

George.
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