EZ Path Bridgeport

[ruger2]

Forgive me for asking this question here, but if there is anyone who knows anything about EZ Path

Bridgeport CNC/manual lathes could you please email me. We inherited one and don't have a clue as to how and start it. I just figured with all of the expertise here someone knows something

about this lathe.

 

Thanks

Ruger2

[rob@fain]

It's been awhile but I ran a Bridgeport Romi with EZ-path, I know it was pretty straightforward g-code help. I'lls see if I can find anything on it

[ruger2]

Thanks rob I'll wait for you reply.

 

Ruger2

[ruger2]

Thanks rob I'll wait for your reply. We understand you have to get it to home position

before you can do anything. We can't get it to do anything.

 

Ruger2

[Nathan G. Baldwin]

Is it the conversational or the G-code driven?

[ruger2]

Sorry for not getting back Nathan, I left at 3:00pm yesterday. I really don't know as there are no manuals. My guess is that it is conversational. We found a disk that has EZ-PATH version B25/5.13 update. We can get the computer to come up and show menu choices, but I heard the fist thing you have to do is get it to the home position. We don't know what menu choice to use to accomplish that.

 

Ruger2

[mrk1500]

on startup it should run diagnostic automaticly then punch 3 then + to send to home position

[ruger2]

Thanks mrk1500,

We did that and it does run the diagonistics, but after the diagonistics run the main screen comes up and beside the word EZ-PATH it says,

>>status: NO BMDC,DESKTOP' HIT ENTER'.

Is this some sort of error message?

 

Ruger2

[mrk1500]

i never get that screen. ours comes up with the select function screen with x z coordinates and program, feed,tool library,offsets,ect. our manuals dont have any error message charts. did you try running your software disk?

[ruger2]

After reboot, I hit 3 and the message says:

 

POWER/ON MANUAL

>>SELECT FUNCTION<<

 

It shows X and z coord. and other selections.

If I hit the Green key + it goes to:

 

POWER/ON BLOCK

>>SELECT FUNCTION<<

 

Should I make some other selection before hitting the green key?

 

These messages I mention are in the upper right corner of the screen.

 

Ruger2

[mrk1500]

on ours 3 means move absolute + means do the function selected. our machine is a 95 or 1996 model. we put in a new harddrive and updated to the latest software but functions and screens are basicly the same. does yours have a different key for move abs.

[ruger2]

Our software says 1993. When I reboot, 3 is the first key I hit. When the POWER/ON MANUAL

screen comes up, there is a "MOV ABS" key which is also key 3. If I hit 3 again a little screen comes up in the upper right corner that says:

 

RAPID

ESC=CANCEL

DIA.ABS 0.0000

Z ABS 0.0000

 

What to do from here?

 

[mrk1500]

after you start up the machine and it runs diagnostics in the upper left it should say machine not homed hit move absolute. on ours 3 is move absolute. then it says moving axis to home position. + is to do move on our machine. it should go home if you are on the rite screen.

[ruger2]

Well maybe that is where the problem is. It never comes to a screen that says it is not in the home position. We can't get the cross slide or apron to move even manually?

[mrk1500]

ours dosent move until after we send it home. we had ours fixed by someone that used to work for bridgeport.i dont know where your located but i have his #. ask him on phone??

[ruger2]

Thanks for ALL your help mrk1500. My boss called a machine seller and he said to clean the contacts on the BMDC board. It now works and hopefully we can figure the rest out.

 

Again, many thanks,

Ruger2