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General Mach Discussion / Re: KX1 with Mach3 not talking to computer
« on: September 23, 2017, 09:10:57 PM »
Hi John,
the DriverTest.exe is fine.
I notice a few errors in the other screens tho. You are also guily of trying to get too much going at once and in fact not achieving anything.
Your E stop input is OK. All your other inputs are rubbish. First disable ALL Limits and Home switches. You don't need them yet.
Likewise disable the spindle on the output pins page, you don't need it yet.
On the input pins page you will have seen that pins 10-13 and 15 are available as inputs....whereas you have nominated pins 0, which doesn't
exist and pin 1 which is an output pin.
To start with you only need one input, an Estop. Estop's are usually active low, so when the pin is taken to low voltage the machine goes into
emergency shutdown. The only outputs you need to start with are the motor outputs...everything else is just confusing the issue.
Craig
the DriverTest.exe is fine.
I notice a few errors in the other screens tho. You are also guily of trying to get too much going at once and in fact not achieving anything.
Your E stop input is OK. All your other inputs are rubbish. First disable ALL Limits and Home switches. You don't need them yet.
Likewise disable the spindle on the output pins page, you don't need it yet.
On the input pins page you will have seen that pins 10-13 and 15 are available as inputs....whereas you have nominated pins 0, which doesn't
exist and pin 1 which is an output pin.
To start with you only need one input, an Estop. Estop's are usually active low, so when the pin is taken to low voltage the machine goes into
emergency shutdown. The only outputs you need to start with are the motor outputs...everything else is just confusing the issue.
Craig