Unable to configure Mach3 for SmoothStepper

[dmoore]

I am having issues with configuring Mach3 to work with the SmoothStepper version 1.2.  Here are all the details:

* Clean install of the latest Mach3 R3.042.021
* The newest Mach3 Smooth Stepper plug-in - Beta2_v015ogb
* The newest USB Smooth Stepper driver - SmoothStepperUSBDriver2.04.06

I've installed the plug-in and it appears in the \mach3\plugins directory.  The SmoothStepper board also appears in device manager without any errors.  I've tried different USB cables and different ports on the computer - all with the same result.

What occurs is that Mach3 starts, displays the port selection screen and then just hangs.  And hangs so hard that I can't even end-task Mach3 - I have to turn off the computer.  I've attached a screen shot of the plug in screen.

I have no idea where to go next - there doesn't seem to be any "logging" that I can find and since Mach3 doesn't crash, there isn't any DLL to blame.  I will note that if I select parallel port instead of the SmoothStepper on the port selection screen, Mach3 loads and works fine.

Does anyone have any idea how to troubleshoot this?

I've also attached the SmoothStepper.xml configuration file.

[RICH]

DMOORE,
Tried your posted xml and it worked for me.

Look in the directory that you installed MACH3 and go to the sudirectory called "macros" and see if you
have a macro called SMOOTHSTEPPER.

Did you follow directions and install the correct driver per the manual?

You may want to reinstall the SS. I assume that Mach opens if you chose normal printer port or no device.

RICH

[dmoore]

Follow-up to this issue:  This issue seems to be machine specific - I've installed SS/Mach3 on two other machines and it "functions". 

[RICH]

I don't have an answer for you.
By machine do you mean lathe, mill, and now some other machine?

RICH