Captdave
Titanium
- Joined
- Sep 24, 2006
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
Ours was delivered a couple of weeks ago so on Friday started to unpack it to get ready to install on Saturday. There is a lot of pieces and parts in a box so started laying out what was going to be needed. One of the first things I noticed was the control connector from the mill doesn't look anything like the one going to the HP system. The one shown is from the mill and the one on the HP system is a round 20 pin connector.
Our Okuma rep said that since this machine was sold with the HP coolant prep then its just plug and play, well that's far from reality. Called M&P tech support and they only ship the systems in a generic configuration and give you a whole bunch of extra stuff and you figure it out. The control cable from the HP system has a round 20 pin connector attached and a length of cable that you have to run to the machine and wire up but of course the Okuma supplement wiring diagram depicts relays that this machine doesn't have so it must be for a older generation control, not a P300.
So tech support texts me the relay number and which wires go where so hooked it up as instructed. Connected the main power and all the hoses, added 50 gal of coolant and as soon as you turn on the master switch the main pump starts with out any M codes, so that isn't good. Had another guy in the shop double check the wiring against what was sent and said its correct.
After a bunch of farting around and almost overfilling the machine coolant tank onto the floor we discovered that the feed pump inside the HP system that sucks coolant out of the machine to keep the HP system full is leaking badly from the front seal and will not suck coolant from the machine tank after following their "priming" instructions.
M&P is shipping a replacement feed pump which is nice but we still haven't got the electrical worked out and have not had the time in the evenings when the machine is not in production to investigate further.
Our Okuma rep said that since this machine was sold with the HP coolant prep then its just plug and play, well that's far from reality. Called M&P tech support and they only ship the systems in a generic configuration and give you a whole bunch of extra stuff and you figure it out. The control cable from the HP system has a round 20 pin connector attached and a length of cable that you have to run to the machine and wire up but of course the Okuma supplement wiring diagram depicts relays that this machine doesn't have so it must be for a older generation control, not a P300.
So tech support texts me the relay number and which wires go where so hooked it up as instructed. Connected the main power and all the hoses, added 50 gal of coolant and as soon as you turn on the master switch the main pump starts with out any M codes, so that isn't good. Had another guy in the shop double check the wiring against what was sent and said its correct.
After a bunch of farting around and almost overfilling the machine coolant tank onto the floor we discovered that the feed pump inside the HP system that sucks coolant out of the machine to keep the HP system full is leaking badly from the front seal and will not suck coolant from the machine tank after following their "priming" instructions.
M&P is shipping a replacement feed pump which is nice but we still haven't got the electrical worked out and have not had the time in the evenings when the machine is not in production to investigate further.