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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: giacc on December 21, 2012, 01:25:08 PM

Title: Hi. Need help with x axis losing position.
Post by: giacc on December 21, 2012, 01:25:08 PM
Hi everybody. I own a Sicono CNC machine, that works well on certain jobs, but when I load a heavy file (usually a finish pass with a very small cutter say, 0.3 mm) sometimes the machine will lose it's x position and start to cut on an erroneous part of the table. This has caused to break a lot of cutters, not to mention all the lost material. May you help me diagnose this situation, to get it straight? I am attaching one file that has showed this behavior.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Giaccomo Alvarez. D.I.

p.d. On the photo attached, you may see the roughing on the right (correct position) and on the left the finishing (shifted to the left).
Title: Re: Hi. Need help with x axis losing position.
Post by: Hood on December 21, 2012, 02:07:57 PM
Can you attach your xml please, I will check the config. Also if you can attach some code that it has happened with that may help.
Hood
Title: Re: Hi. Need help with x axis losing position.
Post by: giacc on December 26, 2012, 01:24:26 PM

Hi Hood, Thanks for your help. I 'm in little trouble here. It appears that my machine has 3 different XML's for mach mill. I don't know which one is currently in use. May you tell me how to tell which one is the one?

Thanks again,

Giaccomo Alvarez.
Title: Re: Hi. Need help with x axis losing position.
Post by: Hood on December 26, 2012, 01:49:01 PM
Open Mach and on the main screen  look lower right and you will see the name of the profile you are using, the xml will have that name.
Hood
Title: Re: Hi. Need help with x axis losing position.
Post by: giacc on December 26, 2012, 01:57:15 PM

Hi again,

Here's the XML file
Title: Re: Hi. Need help with x axis losing position.
Post by: Hood on December 26, 2012, 02:07:04 PM
Have sent you a PM.
Hood
Title: Re: Hi. Need help with x axis losing position.
Post by: RICH on December 26, 2012, 08:41:44 PM
There will be no replies to your postings GIACC.

RICH
Title: Re: Hi. Need help with x axis losing position.
Post by: Bloy on December 31, 2012, 08:00:55 PM
My curiosity prompts me to ask .. Why?
Title: Re: Hi. Need help with x axis losing position.
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on January 01, 2013, 04:53:13 AM
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My curiosity prompts me to ask .. Why?

Some of the unscrupulous CNC controller suppliers are shipping their product together with a Pirate Mach3 license.

It is not, in my opinion, unreasonable for Artsoft to incorporate measures within Mach3 to protect their investment against such Piracy - thus the problems giacc is experiencing whilst using a Pirate license.

Tweakie.