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General Mach Discussion / No response from limit switches

« on: April 22, 2013, 02:27:45 AM »

Ok, so I finally got a breakout board with individual drivers to replace my all in one 4 axis board. It all works well, the motors run a lot smoother, but for some reason my limit switches have no effect on the motors.
In the diagnostics page the input led's from 1 to 4 are lit, and when any of the limit switches are manually operated the led's go out.
Any ideas??
Tony

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General Mach Discussion / NeverStall Stepper Motor Controller

« on: February 19, 2013, 09:38:49 AM »

I came across this video and was wondering if any of you had seen or had any experience with this product, because it sure looks good  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SozZ7af3wg

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General Mach Discussion / Mach screen on boot up

« on: December 03, 2012, 07:08:58 AM »

Good day,
I was wondering if it was possible to set up the computer so that as it boots it goes straight to the Mach screen.
Tony

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General Mach Discussion / Plasma cutting with a MIG welder

« on: October 16, 2012, 05:43:38 AM »

Hello everyone, as I know very little about the electronics and principles involved etc. I need to ask you experts, is it possible to use a MIG welder for cutting in place of a plasma cutter? In other words make some kind of conversion to achieve this.
Thanks,
Tony

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General Mach Discussion / Wire EDM and Mach 3

« on: January 19, 2012, 09:58:14 AM »

Does anyone know if it is possible to use Mach 3 as a wire EDM controller?

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General Mach Discussion / Number pad Pendent nearly there

« on: December 14, 2011, 07:14:05 AM »

Thanks to everyone who helped me get this far, I am nearly there .
I have set up the number pad, using the external buttons and OEM codes, and can now get all the functions you can see in the pic. I have a spare button because the pad I used has a single and a double zero button. So I thought it would be good to use this button to bring out the mach3 pendent thus not having to use the Tab key on the keyboard.
I have tried everything I can think of, but have come to a dead end. Has anyone any ideas for me please?
 

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General Mach Discussion / Number pad Pendent

« on: December 07, 2011, 10:32:21 AM »

Hi everyone,
I want to convert a number pad into a pendent using the buttons as I have laid out on the model attached  . I know how to allocate the axes using the hot keys, but how do I allocate the other buttons?
Any help or suggestions gratefully accepted  .

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General Mach Discussion / Chinese Remote Controller

« on: October 28, 2011, 12:38:25 PM »

Ok, so I bought this remote contrller off of ebay , I checked and saw that there had been good feedback left . It arrived today and looks really good for the price, but if the buttons don't do anything its of no use to me.
I plugged it in to a USB port and the power light comes on, but thats the end of the good news! I don't want to put it down because I am pretty sure that its me who does't know how to connect it up to Mach3.
I have done everything it says in the instructions, which is simply to plug it in and then re-config the hotkeys, but no joy. I would expect that it needs to be aligned with something in Mach3, but what?
Can anyone throw some happiness my way please, I would love this thing to work.

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General Mach Discussion / Home switches giving Estop

« on: September 05, 2011, 03:06:20 PM »

I have finally got round to putting home switches on my machine, but have a problem with the X and Y axes activating the Estop rather than homing. The Z axis seems fine and both the X and Y axes light up the led's on the diagnostics page. The actual Estop also works fine. Any body got a clue whats happening?

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General Mach Discussion / Noisy Steppers when stationary

« on: August 15, 2011, 04:36:30 AM »

Just got my little router put together and it works really well, but the steppers are very noisy when stationary . There are no issues with torque, accuracy, speed, or temperature, they really work well, but if there is a way to quiet them down I would be even happier .
Can any one help?