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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: DSPMC SIGNAL STAR GROUNDNG FOR ANALOG DRIVES

« on: April 01, 2020, 02:56:54 AM »

i would prefer to run AIN- and AIN+ directly via 2 wire shielded / twisted cable to the Motion Controller and
put shield on Motion Controller side to GND. the analog Input of your dmn dyn4 is isolated so do not connect
AIN- to Signal ground bus.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New pc not working

« on: April 01, 2020, 02:22:14 AM »

i had a look to your Profile XML. Looks fine so far.
only in motortuning is a 0 for Step Pulse (all axis).
IMHO there should be something from 2 to 5.

Looks like your machine has a BOB witch Needs Charge Pump enabled,
so the Step Pulse might not be necessary, but you can give it a try.

next step would be to check pulse signals and Charge pump Signal via oscilloscope
i think and also check the signals to be 5V not 3.3V, because older parallel ports used
to be 5v and newer ones 3.3v.

That is the only idea i have for the Moment.

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: DSPMC SIGNAL STAR GROUNDNG FOR ANALOG DRIVES

« on: March 31, 2020, 03:36:43 PM »

normaly you put  all chasis grounds to your earth potential.

for a anlaog Signal you use a two wire (twisted) shielded cable from the
source to the Destination and shield should be wired to the GND of the source
(of cource i hear all the voices witch say do no do this), but for a good start
it was the best soluition for me for the last 35 jears.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New pc not working

« on: March 31, 2020, 07:46:35 AM »

can you please post your Profile XML?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New pc not working

« on: March 31, 2020, 07:29:26 AM »

the G-code is ok, just wanted to see that there is a F value at the first G01 move.

just ideas (i realy do not know what the problem is):
-parallel port 5V - 3.3V Problem
-mach3 Version Problem

if you say machine just sits there dro are moving, is the g-code window also going throug all the lines?
have you tryed to do machine moves by entering in MDI Input?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New pc not working

« on: March 31, 2020, 03:09:32 AM »

can you post your  g-code file?

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Mach Screens / Re: Can I display the MDI or Toolpath screen on a separate monitor

« on: March 31, 2020, 02:14:18 AM »

I have played a Little bit arround, you can a custom Screen witch has the double width of your single Monitor and enlarge the Mach3 window over your two Monitors.
thean you can have (by copy paste) both on the new Screen.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Going to blow my brains out soon please help !!

« on: March 28, 2020, 02:53:32 AM »

if you go to diagnostic page you can see Machine Coords.
if one of These is out of the range you have defined in Config -> homing/Limits
you are not allowed to turn softlimits on, that is what the errormessage means.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Limit switch and home switch question??

« on: March 28, 2020, 02:50:13 AM »

you can  use your Y- and Y- Switch as reference (home) Switches.
just use the same port/pin Setting for home Switches.

https://www.machsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mach3Mill_Install_Config.pdf

have a look a chapter 4.5

after you have homed your machine you can use softlimits and slow Zone.

to bring your 0/0 (home) for a part into the Center off your table you can use G54 and following
work Offsets.

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Mach Screens / Re: Can I display the MDI or Toolpath screen on a separate monitor

« on: March 27, 2020, 03:42:53 PM »

IMHO no chance