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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: computer change over trouble Hicon 7866
« Last post by lgr on April 06, 2026, 04:49:50 PM »thanks Steve, I got it sorted. it was an ip issue sorry it took so long to respond.
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 - C82 - PlasmaSensOut - Z axis
« Last post by paul.stephens on April 06, 2026, 09:43:58 AM »Is that the Smooth Stepper Screen?
Also can I get logging data when you do that? make sure that you have all of the options selected for it.
THC controls will not affect your Z axis DRO unless you have a closed loop system. Do you have actual motion on your motors? That would be more of the tell on the Z axis.
Also can I get logging data when you do that? make sure that you have all of the options selected for it.
THC controls will not affect your Z axis DRO unless you have a closed loop system. Do you have actual motion on your motors? That would be more of the tell on the Z axis.
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mem map file sharing exception error - ToolDisplay0.dat
« Last post by Tweakie.CNC on April 02, 2026, 01:00:46 AM »I am pleased that you found a fix.
There are still plenty of people using Mach4 it is just that the software developer's support for the product ended way back and many of the regular contributing forum members have just drifted away, possibly as a result.
Tweakie.
There are still plenty of people using Mach4 it is just that the software developer's support for the product ended way back and many of the regular contributing forum members have just drifted away, possibly as a result.
Tweakie.
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MachPro General Discussion / Re: "Upgrading" from Mach4 to MachPro
« Last post by TOTALLYRC on April 01, 2026, 07:11:17 PM »Currently, we don't support the old analog drives on MachPro. We are mostly trying to push into EtherCAT systems due to their reliability, safety, and functionality. At this time, the choices would be a Galil motion controller or a competitor like Centroid. At some point in the future, we may get Galil as a supported or certified motion controller, but there is no current ETA for that.
Galil, Wooooo Hoooooooo!!!!!
Yes please.
Let me know if I can help with the testing.
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 - C82 - PlasmaSensOut - Z axis
« Last post by grivalsky on April 01, 2026, 03:58:56 PM »foto2
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 - C82 - PlasmaSensOut - Z axis
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 - C82 - PlasmaSensOut - Z axis
« Last post by grivalsky on April 01, 2026, 03:55:51 PM »That's what annoys me the most about it. Everyone else does it without doing anything and I don't at all. I tried it now exactly as you wrote these settings and the result is the same. I'm attaching a video and a few pictures with the settings. I had to upload the video to storage because it's bigger.
video:
https://www.uschovna.cz/sk/zasilka/UWLX89CNLFAUWJZM-P39/
video:
https://www.uschovna.cz/sk/zasilka/UWLX89CNLFAUWJZM-P39/
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 - C82 - PlasmaSensOut - Z axis
« Last post by paul.stephens on April 01, 2026, 11:12:36 AM »M3 or M03 is the same as turning your spindle on a standard system.
The same is done for Plasma, M3 or M03 should make the attempt to turn your Torch on.
Once your Torch is on and you have an ARC OKAY signal, your THC should work its magic.
In the configuration side have Motor2 set up as your Z Axis and have Motor5 enabled and setup as your OB1 Axis. Steps per unit, Acceleration, Max Velocity and direction should all be the same between the two motors.
From your TCH, you should have 3 wires coming to your Motion Controller (Sometimes this is a cable.) These three wires should be ARC OKAY, UP, DOWN.
Inside of your Mach Inputs Config, you will have 3 inputs available for THC. THC ON, THC UP, THC DOWN. ARC OKAY is your THC ON, UP is your THC UP, and DOWN is your THC DOWN.
These three signals control your Torch Height after the probing and Torch ON Sequence.
If this is set up correctly and you have the proper target voltage in your THC, you should have no issues with Torch Height.
By default on the plasma profile, you should not have to modify your M3 macro.
The same is done for Plasma, M3 or M03 should make the attempt to turn your Torch on.
Once your Torch is on and you have an ARC OKAY signal, your THC should work its magic.
In the configuration side have Motor2 set up as your Z Axis and have Motor5 enabled and setup as your OB1 Axis. Steps per unit, Acceleration, Max Velocity and direction should all be the same between the two motors.
From your TCH, you should have 3 wires coming to your Motion Controller (Sometimes this is a cable.) These three wires should be ARC OKAY, UP, DOWN.
Inside of your Mach Inputs Config, you will have 3 inputs available for THC. THC ON, THC UP, THC DOWN. ARC OKAY is your THC ON, UP is your THC UP, and DOWN is your THC DOWN.
These three signals control your Torch Height after the probing and Torch ON Sequence.
If this is set up correctly and you have the proper target voltage in your THC, you should have no issues with Torch Height.
By default on the plasma profile, you should not have to modify your M3 macro.
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mem map file sharing exception error - ToolDisplay0.dat
« Last post by Azalin on April 01, 2026, 11:06:54 AM »Nobody's using Mach4 anymore? wow. Anyway I fixed the problem by adding a monkey patch into the screen set. Works well.
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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 / Win10 and UC100
« Last post by Sage on April 01, 2026, 06:46:21 AM »Ok. Thanks for that.