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Third party software and hardware support forums. => PoKeys => Topic started by: tomleech on March 30, 2017, 10:24:01 PM

Title: Mach4 stopped recognising my lathe
Post by: tomleech on March 30, 2017, 10:24:01 PM

Hey guys, I recently acquired a nice pokey mini lathe and managed to get the x and z axes moving in mach4 and the spindle SRO reading but realised I hadn't plugged the spindle power into the controller. Once I did this however mach4 stopped detecting my lathe on the profile I had.

I've tried replacing the profile from a backup, rebooted numerous times and reinstalled mach4 to no effect. Creating a new profile and using the wizard to add the lathe seems to detect the device but mach4 crashes before the wizard finishes every time I attempt this.

Any ideas what might be going on here?

Title: Re: Mach4 stopped recognising my lathe
Post by: tomleech on March 30, 2017, 10:39:42 PM

The specific error message I receive is "One or more of PoKeys devices were not found. Close Mach4, check the connections and power, then restart Mach4"

I am running Windows 10 and connected to the controller via the network cable. I have tried a different cable and I have tried running in Windows 8 compatibility mode :)

Title: Re: Mach4 stopped recognising my lathe
Post by: NeoTO on May 19, 2017, 01:13:11 AM

1. Check that you have latest Mach4 plugin (8.21.0.3344) and latest PoKeys firmware (4.2.32)
2. Run 'Troubleshooting' from the PoKeys application
3. Close any other application that may be using PoKeys device when you use Mach4