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General Mach Discussion / Re: Reawakening a MAXNC-10

« Last post by john buffum on December 09, 2025, 04:46:22 PM »

The maker of the MaxNC-10 is Ximotion, Inc.  t 1832 S MacDonald Ave, Ste 109, Mesa, AZ 85210, US. 480-940-9414.   I plan to contact them for technical information. What I find, I'll post.

Gonna MAKE this work!!

Was referred to this post.
https://www.machsupport.com/ftp/XMLs/Mach%203%20and%20the%20MaxNC%2010%20Open%20Loop.pdf

Lots of good information.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Reawakening a MAXNC-10

« Last post by john buffum on December 09, 2025, 12:45:39 PM »

i HAVE THE UC100 CONNECTED.

Mach3 wants pinouts for X, Y, and Z limit switches.  My few docs don't have this.  Anyone out there have a pinouts diagram? 

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: 2d probe

« Last post by Daoust on December 08, 2025, 10:26:18 PM »

I just play around with Chatgpt.  Ask questions, he will give you script.  You just copy and paste.  Really easy.  If you know how to ask your question, it will be easy.  You need to remind him that you are on mach3.  Sometime is code will not work, Don t worry, tell him what it does and he will self correct it . .

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General Mach Discussion / VFD Mach3 Question

« Last post by Mark21 on December 08, 2025, 12:47:19 PM »

Hello i Have a VFD YL-620-A 110v 20A with a 2.2kw air cooled spindle 110v 12A 2 pole 400hz.

I Connect all the wire (10-VI1-GND on the VFD to 10V-AVI-ACM on the Mach 3 Red Board)

The spindle start the right direction, but when i start M3S12000, I only have a 150hz on the vfd panel and 3.9 volt between the AVI and ACM and with M3S24000 I have a 297hz and 7.6 volt between the AVI and ACM.

How can I set the parameters to obtain my 200hz 5volt with M3S12000 and my 400hz 10 volt with M3S24000 ?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Probing and tool change macros

« Last post by JohnHaine on December 08, 2025, 02:07:14 AM »

Assume table surface is z zero. Use stylus probe to find the surface.  Then probe the top surface of the work.  Difference of the two readings is the height of the work above table, call it H.  Then mount tool and height setter and probe the top of the setter which should have a known height, say S. Now the tool is S - H above the work. Unless you can set each tool precisely in the spindle you have to repeat the tool height setting at each tool change.

Does that help?

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: GCode has me pulling what little hair I have out.

« Last post by jbaumchen on December 07, 2025, 07:37:52 PM »

I fugured it out.

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German / Re: Frage zur Z-Probe

« Last post by TPS on December 06, 2025, 10:48:18 AM »

du ermittelst einmal die exakte Höhe deines Probe Tool's,
sagen wir zu Beispiel 25mm.

Dann kannst Du entweder diese Höhe manuell in das Z-Achsen DRO eintragen,
oder dies direkt in dem Macro (ich nehme an Du benutzt ein Macro) machen,
mit dem Du die Z-Probe startest

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: TouchOff probe settings not stored?

« Last post by Lucid_moments on December 05, 2025, 09:59:02 PM »

LATE EDIT:
The point being that by the time I run the first line of code, I have had to mess with keyboard entry several times where as if the settings were stored, it would all be done with a mouse. This is just annoying.
I get the feeling that development and improvements to Mach4 stalled out years ago.
I suspect that many like myself haven't the time to learn Lua
But I would give it a try if it would solve this particular issue to get my feet wet.

Cheers  and seasons greetings.

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Mach4 General Discussion / TouchOff probe settings not stored?

« Last post by Lucid_moments on December 05, 2025, 09:30:52 PM »

Why in the world are we required to re-input essential probe specific variables every time we use the UI?
Is there no provision for storing specific variables prudent to the probes in use?
For instance, I have: 3D stylus type edge finder G31.0 (Retract 0.5mm, Probe Diameter 2mm, Touch Plate Height 0.0mm)
                               Tool Height Sensor portable type. G31.1 (Retract 10mm, Tool Dia. 0mm, Touch Plate Height, 20.0 mm)
                               Fixture plate mounted Gauge Block G31.2 (Retract 5mm, Tool Dia. 0mm, Touch Plate Height 24mm) and is used to establish Work Offset  and Tool                          Height after that.
So once I have dialed in the WCS for . (only x and Y) using G31.0
I begin a sequence of ops on the first side of a part,
I have the raw stock mounted in the vice, and use the 3D edge finder to trigger Probe G31.2. I then use the G31.0 probe to create the offset btwn that and the stock. I then have to go back to the G31.2 probe reset variables and do the first tool height offset......
Having to re-input these simple variables every time we change the type of probe used creates the possibility for error and crashes.
                                   

thanks,
chris

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / GCode has me pulling what little hair I have out.

« Last post by jbaumchen on December 05, 2025, 02:09:59 PM »

So, I exported GCode from QCADCAM which I'm learning. I reordered it and see that when I run it, one box won't engrave properly no matter what I do. In the origional code, it works. I've attached both copies of the GCode, (GOL1_Test is the QCAD output and GOL_TEST4 is my revised copy) I've included a screenshot from Mach 3 showing that the Box for 4 won't engrave properly and the code from the QCAD output commented out. I am completely at a loss as to what I might have missed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.