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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: cpisani89 on March 08, 2011, 08:48:00 PM
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whats going on guys i guess ill introduce myself first, my names chris, i have some cnc background (nothing major I am only 21 so i have a little over a year experience). I have worked on haas milling machines, leblond makino milling machines and work daily on a lumonics cnc laser...
anyways the reason why I am here is because my uncle recently purchased a romaxx cnc router and the mach3 software..
i will definately be utilizing this forum as i am confused with a few things..
first off is, when i try to home the machine out, it doesnt recognize the software limits and attempts to overtravel into the next room lol. i have played around with the different limits to try and get the machine to function but it does not seem to home properly..
now before that is answered i will say that at one point the machine did home (according to another guy who attempted to run the machine) and now that we have the machine back in our possession it has been difficult to say the least..
sorry for the silly question i feel pretty stupid i cant home it out lol
also when manually jogging, left and right jog x, and up and down jog y respectively. my question is how do you jog the z axis? holding shift and control seem to rapid and slow the feed down..whats the trick to the z?
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Z is Page Up/Page Down.
But all the jogging key assignments can be changed using Config menu, Hotkeys.
Sounds like you need to set up your home switches properly in Config > ports and pins, and also in Config > Homing/Limits.
How do you have everything setup?
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thats a good question, i was playing around with the inputs (the x- x+ xhome switches etc) but honestly im not really sure what im doing with all of that..as for the homing and limits im not sure what they are on as im not with the router at the moment
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Can you attach the xml for the profile you are using and also what is the model of router?
Hood
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Oh ok cool I didn't think to try the page up/down and I'm not sure how to share the xml...would it be somewhere in the mach3 folder?
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Its found in the top most folder of mach3(C:\Mach3) If your not sure what its called just look in mach3 at the lower right corner in the profile box.
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its too big to fit in here lol
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The XML is your Mach configuration file. It is located in the main Mach3 folder and will have the name of the profile you are using. For example, if you are using the standard Mill profile it will be called Mach3Mill.xml.
You will need to rename it for the forum to accept it. Copy it to your desktop and rename it, something like YOUR_NAME.xml then use the additional options button on the reply page to browse to it and attach it to your reply.
It's not very big at all.
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ooh ok i misunderstood that whole thing...here it is
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You dont have any of the limits or homes enabled. You have a port and pins set for them but you have not enabled them.
Hood
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You need to clean up your Input Signals.
You have 11, 12 and 13 as Limits / Homes and you also have 11 and 12 as Input 1 and 2 along with Oem Trigger 1 and 2.
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ok can you guys elaborate a little as to what i have to do..im totally new to understand the whole input thing
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Probably easiest would be to use the auto setup option if you are unsure of which switch is which.
Config menu then Ports and Pins, then Inputs and click the Auto Setup button and follow instructions.
Hood
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i actually tried that and for some reason whenever i would click auto setup nothing would happen..it just gives me the message wait or press cancel and it never did anything
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You have to select what you want out the list, for example to set up the X pos limit you select that out the list, you then need to activate the actual switch and Mach will then ask if you want to accept.
Best thing though is first disable all Inputs as Russ pointed out you have pins set for multiple items.
Hood
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how do i know which pin is for what..sorry for all the stupid questions i dont really understand the setup and unfortunately theres no manual for this stuff..
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You just need to go to Config menu then Ports and Pins then Inputs, press the screen button that says Auto Setup (or something like that) then choose for example X++ out of the list and press your X positive limit switch, Mach will see it and set the input accordingly. Move on to X-- and press the X negative limit switch, XHome and press the switch etc etc.
Hood
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now by saying press the switch..do i literally press the limit switch or do i job the machine to the switch?? because quite frankly i have no idea where the switches are located. i feel as though they are inside the actual machine
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Yes press the switch but if you cant see them then maybe there are none.
Best bet is to contact Ron at Romaxx and I am sure he will send you a xml that is properly coinfigured for your machine.
Hood