Machsupport Forum
Third party software and hardware support forums. => Galil => Topic started by: freecr on December 08, 2011, 05:24:22 PM
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Hi all,
The worst part so far has been trying to get my computer and Galil DMC-4040 to communicate with each other. After that questions and minor problems but nothing much. Presently Mach 3 recognizes the limits and encoders so in effect I have a manual mill with DRO. I can't seem to get the servos to turn on or move. I think I may have the Plugin configured wrong, or not at all. I went through the manual and remember setting things the first time but might not have hit apply or save. I can't find the any of the screens that are in the manual. I especially want to see what kind of motor Mach3 "thinks" I have. I think that's where my problem lies. I usually don't have problems installing programs and getting stuff to communicate but really dread uninstalling anything after the nightmare I went through the first time. Do I need to uninstall and then install everything again or is there an easy way?
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The Galil plugin doesn't show up under the top bar 'plugins' menu. You have to go to the 'config' menu for plugins. I missed that detail at first and drove myself crazy installing/re-installing for about an hour.
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Thank you Instance,
You saved me way more than an hour for sure. Its under Config -> Config PlugIns -> configured (right most column which apparently is a button).
I was there a few times and just never clicked on the correct place. As it turns out, it is configured right, as far as servos. Now I have to come up with another reason for it not working.
I'll have to type up a long letter describing whats going on and post it tomorrow. Hopefully it'll make sense to someone. I'll start a new thread with a more accurate title. Thanks again for the help, it really did save me some major time.