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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: jjenkinsruthie on June 03, 2011, 06:51:02 AM
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i have tried everthing in the forum for this issue and still cant fix it . problem is when i activate the y and z limits i cant clear the estop as mach is saying there is a limit switch triggered. but in the diagnostics page none of the l.e.d. are lit. all the switches perform as expected,
-Only happens when y and z limit inputs are active
-they are all wired with shielded cable.
-wired to be active high (y and z)
-tried disabling watch dog and set the debounce interval up to 10000 and no help
-when selecting the Automated setup of inputs and doesent matter what input that is selected mach picks up a signal from port 1 pin 0,
So as far as i know the is no pin 0? i don't get it. all my electronics are from keling.
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What does it show in Config /pins/ports about what the settings are for the limits?
Just a thought, (;-)TP
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were u able to open the videos that shows the input page?
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Can you attach your xml please.
Hood
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not sure exactly what that is?
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going to buy a new pci adapter for the computer tonight to try
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the xml is the file that holds your configuration settings, you will find it in the main Mach 3 folder and it will have the name of the profile you are using and have an xml extension.
Hood
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cant get the file to upload here. so i posted it on buildyourcnc.com forum
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You use the additional options button on the reply page to attach files, you may have to rename them or zip as the forum will only accept a name once.
Either that or provide a direct link to where you posted it on that other forum as I am not familiar with it.
Hood
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http://www.buildyourtools.com/forums/index.php?f=9&t=1554&rb_v=viewtopic
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update,
if i set the z inputs to be active low (which is backwards to how they are wired) the L.E.D.'s are lit in the diagnostics screen as expected. but the strange thing is now i can clear the estop and jog the machine. yes i typed that right, i can clear the estop and jog the machine with 3 led's lit in the diagnostics page i attached a video of this happening. just a note this a slow jog, the feed rate gets locked to 80ipm. even when jogging i cant get a rapid speed (which is 450-550ipm). haven't tried to run a code with this error.
The the video is at the buildyourcnc.com/forum, had to move here because i cant seem to get an iphone video which is a .mov file, to post on the artsoft mach 3 forum. Here is the link
http://www.buildyourtools.com/forums/index.php?f=9&t=1554&p=7114&rb_v=viewtopic#p7114
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Sorry been in Hospital and Internet availability has been patchy at best so not been on the last few days. Can you now attach the xml you currently have as no point in looking at one thats now irrelevant. Can you also say how your switches are wired.
Hood
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tonight i had cut a dozen parts out and all a sudden the jogging stopped working. more like the keyboard was disabled, but there motors are holding torque. now my computer is saying that the parallel port driver is missing and wont reinstall. so going to store today to finally get a new pci card. and just a side note just after this had happened mach crashed and burned for the first time, all the dro Numbers turned to letters??? weird! so perhaps all my problems have been with the pci card? will update later.