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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: swilker on March 17, 2012, 08:42:10 PM

Title: Smooth Stepper
Post by: swilker on March 17, 2012, 08:42:10 PM

Hello,

I'm new and I'm trying to get smooth stepper working.  I've loaded the drivers and the MP3 file that creates the dll for the plugin.  The plugin shows in Mach Mill but nothing works.  Can anyone give me an idea or two on what I might check next.

Drew

 ;D

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: Wallerawang on March 17, 2012, 11:01:20 PM

Do you have an Ethernet or USB Smooth Stepper? As you have to set up your network to work with the Ethernet version first. We will go from here once we know this.
Steve

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: swilker on March 18, 2012, 12:35:02 AM

Wallerawang,

It's a USB smooth Stepper. 

Drew

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: Wallerawang on March 19, 2012, 03:25:44 AM

Hi Drew
How have you got the smooth stepper powered? Through the USB cable, or a separate power supply or maybe a breakout board. You can only do it one of the ways. Do the LED's light up OK? The LED's show if it's powered and the FPGA is configured OK - Let us know the state of the LEDS for more clues to your problem. Have you read the documentation from the Warp9 web site as it covers this stuff. I will help as much as I can.
Steve

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: Hood on March 19, 2012, 06:17:18 AM

Did you choose the SS from the device select list?
Hood

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: swilker on March 19, 2012, 09:30:08 PM

Hood,

Thanks.... I selected the Smooth Stepper in Plugin Control and Activation.  Do I need to select it from somewhere else too?

Drew

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: Jeff_Birt on March 20, 2012, 12:11:55 AM

Take a look through this PDF: http://www.soigeneris.com/Document/Installing_and_Configuring_the_SmoothStepper.pdf (http://www.soigeneris.com/Document/Installing_and_Configuring_the_SmoothStepper.pdf) It goes though all the steps of getting the USB SmoothStepper up and running.

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: tripleblack on March 20, 2012, 12:01:23 PM

i found that doing all your setup in ports and pins with the parallel ports and then cloning the settings to a smoothstepper profile makes getting the smoothstepper configured well. that is if you have a pc with 2 parallel ports.

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: swilker on March 20, 2012, 09:22:35 PM

Thanks guys. 

I am using a laptop, so I don't have a parallel port to work with.  I will look this document over carefully.  I'm on travel next two weeks so I won't be able to test anything till the 6th of April.  I'll let you know how it works out.  Best,

Drew

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: swilker on March 22, 2012, 09:47:00 AM

Jeff,

I went through the process you gave me, but won't be able to test it for sure till April, but I think this covered the problem I was having.  Problem solved I hope, thanks much,

Drew

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: Jeff_Birt on March 22, 2012, 10:38:22 AM

Hope you have the problem licked. Report back either way...

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: swilker on April 06, 2012, 10:08:05 PM

Jeff,

Yes got home tonight. first time back home in a while.  That solved the problem.  Totally cool, thanks.  So I'm going to buy Mach Mill tonight.  I just wanted to make sure everythign worked first.  Is there a way to post a picture on this fourm? 

Drew

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: Jeff_Birt on April 07, 2012, 10:57:08 AM

When you post look under the box where you type your message for some black text that says "Additional Options'. Click that for the option to upload a photo.

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So I'm going to buy Mach Mill tonight.

You will be glad you did. Everyone I have sold a Mach license to really like it.

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: swilker on April 08, 2012, 10:31:39 PM

Jeff,

If I want to write text what should I be using.

Drew

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: Jeff_Birt on April 10, 2012, 06:57:34 PM

You want to engrave text on a piece of material?

Title: Re: Smooth Stepper
Post by: swilker on April 10, 2012, 09:47:30 PM

Jeff,

I kind of figured it out.  Did some stuff this past weekend.  So yes that was what I was after.  Thanks,

Drew