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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: perfectphase on November 18, 2018, 08:56:47 AM

Title: Mach4 Restrictions when unlicensed
Post by: perfectphase on November 18, 2018, 08:56:47 AM

Hi all, newbie to Mach4 here.

I'm just experimenting with CNC at the moment, and have an IP Smoothstepper connected to Mach4, I haven't brought a licence yet as I'm still in the 'messing about' phase. I'm aware of the runtime restriction.

I have the Smooth Stepper hooked up to 4 motor drivers via port 1; each seems to work fine, but only if mapped to Motor-0 in Mach, so just changing the mappings in Mach allow me to move an axis.

So my question is, is Mach4 limited to driving only a single motor while unlicensed, or have I messed up something else?

Thanks,

Stephen.

Title: Re: Mach4 Restrictions when unlicensed
Post by: Steve Stallings on November 18, 2018, 09:03:28 AM

Demo mode does not restrict you to only one motor. It it highly
unlikely that you have a hardware failure that causes this type
of symptom. Look carefully at your Axis mapping and motor
configurations.

Title: Re: Mach4 Restrictions when unlicensed
Post by: perfectphase on November 18, 2018, 09:08:01 AM

Thanks, I went back and checked the settings and found I had mapped the output pins in ESS, but not enabled them! Opps!  Works like a charm now.

Cheers,

Stephen.