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General Mach Discussion / My Jog ON/OFF (ctrl+Alt+J) Button is messed up

« on: September 10, 2014, 10:32:49 AM »

Hi all,

Its been a while since I have been here.  I have my mill back in action and I was hoping to get some help on a long standing problem I have had with the Mach3 "Jog ON/OFF" button. 

If I use my mouse to pick this button, nothing happens.  If I pick it three times in super fast succession it finally turns it on.  However, when I go to turn it off I only need one pick of the mouse.  I tried the key board on the assumption it was my mouse causing the problem.  Unfortunately the same thing occurs.  One press of Ctrl+Alt+J does nothing.  If I hold Ctrl+Alt down and press J quickly three times on the keyboard, it turns the jog on.

I have searched the forum and found nothing to help me. 

I very much hope someone can provide some insight into this nagging problem.  It's not life threatening or anything.  Its just a real nuisance.

Thanks
John W.

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General Mach Discussion / Diagnostics Screen INPUT #6 keeps fashing

« on: July 17, 2009, 09:56:43 AM »

I have an INPUT #6 LED flashing on my diagnostics screen and I can't figure out what is causing it.  I have been to ports and pins and disabled anything to do with Input #6 and no matter what it sits there flashing.  I don't know what else to do or where to look to turn this off.

Can someone point me to a solution please.

Thanks John

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General Mach Discussion / Stepper Motor Runs in Wrong Direction

« on: July 16, 2009, 09:41:44 AM »

After days of frustration I have finally got my Taig/Gecko G540 system setup except for one minor caveat.  My x/y home is bottom left, my "Ref All" sends everything to the right place and my Limit and Home switches which areall on one input setup in series all work.  The problem is when I run some G-code it shows the motor direction on the screen going in the correct direction but on the table the Y Axis is running opposite to what the screen is indicating.  I dare not touch another "configure screen" for fear of meshing everything up and having to start all over.  Can somebody tell me what can be done to correct this problem.

Thanks so much

John

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General Mach Discussion / Am I Reading this Correctly

« on: June 28, 2009, 08:25:20 PM »

I am testing some G-code and getting the feel of MACH 3 while I wait for the rest of my electronics to show up for my "soon to be" CNC Taig mill.  During this time I noticed an issue I would like some clarification on.

The "Jog Follow" button beneath the small display window has not been checked yet when I run some G-code there is a following line created as the program runs.  But when I check the "Jog Follow" button the following line disappears until such time as the button is unchecked.  Shouldn't it be that if I check this button, the following line is visible and if I uncheck it the following line is no longer visible.

This "following line" that depicts the tool path also does not appear at all in the display window when I am testing code in the MDI tab yet in screen shots there clearly is a line that follows the G-c ode.  Have I inadvertently turned something off by accident.  BTW, in all cases the DROS are changing values so there is perceived movement by Mach 3 even if there are no motors attached at the moment.

Thanks
John

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General Mach Discussion / Help with the wizards

« on: June 20, 2009, 10:56:40 PM »

I hope this isn't one of those real "doh!" questions as it my first on this forum but here goes.  I just finished downloading Mach3 and configuring it for my system.  Its a TAIG mill and I haven't completed the installation of all of the electronics package yet.  Without being connected to my controller or anything else for that matter, I wanted to try out the wizards and see how they function but every time I run one and try to enter a number into one of the variable boxes it initially accepts the number but then it reverts back to its original entry as soon as I go on to another box.  It won't accept any input from me what so ever.  These are the wizards that come with Mach3 and not the add-on wizard package you purchase.  Sometimes with demo's they won't run everything until you buy it so I checked the "About Mach3" in the drop down menu and it shows me as the licensed user/owner off this software, so thats not it.

I've been through the manual I there is no mention of anything other than "fill in the boxes" and your good to go.  What am I doing wrong or haven't initialized in order to run the wizards.

Thanks
John W.