Haas Coldfire Troubleshooting

The box is not connecting (no handshakes are seen in the log)

• There is insufficient wifi network coverage.
• The wifi network credentials are incorrect

The box connects to Chatter, but there is no incoming data.

• Verify the RS232 connection is secure
• Verify machine settings are correct

Corrupt/Incorrect data is being seen in Chatter

• The machine is not keeping up with the rate of requests from the Chatterbox. Change the "Frequency" setting in chatter to a higher number (start with 3) and power cycle the box. This is the number of seconds between requests.
• Make sure there are no duplicate macro variable data types on the machine configuration page (ie there are two entries for a single type of data)

Machine is in "MEM" mode but program shows "MDI"

• This is a known limitation of the Haas controller, it is unable to output a program number while in-cycle.
• Wait a small amount of time (~2) seconds after switching from MDI to MEM before pressing the cycle start button.

For more help, please email pete@chatter.dev