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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Hazellwood on April 30, 2013, 10:34:02 AM
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Hi,
I wonder can anyone help? new to Mach3 and CNC. I've put a PCI card into a new computer but I cant get Mach 3 to recognize the card address which is EC00 -EC07 I have tried entering EC00, 00, EC07 and 07 into the ports and pins info but it will not recognize or will not reset with a e stop being shown.
Please help as this is driving me mad.
Many thanks
Phillip
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Hi Phillip - welcome
Please post your xml file (instructions below if you don't know how to do this).
<your profile name> is displayed at the bottom right of the standard Mach3 screenset.
Now look in C:\Mach for a file called <your profile name>.xml
Copy it to your desktop and rename it to <your forum name>.xml i.e. Hazellwood.xml
Now use the <Additional Options...> link at the bottom left of the forum (full) reply pane to add your xml file to your reply post.
Ian
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Hi Ian,
Just give you a heads up, I have just bought a CNC, the file attached has not worked on the machine even though I have tried for hours and the supplier has tried (cuts weird shapes instead of the intended shape), so bought new computer, lead and PCI card.
Connected the lot and the same thing has happened (I just got it to recognise the port address as per my post) weird shapes.....I am now sure its either the software (xml) I have had supplied or the control box.
I am at the point of returning the machine as the supplier I believe thinks its me!
Any help would really go a long way
Phillip
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Ian
Sorry should have said, only other thing I can think of is that even though the PCI is plug and play it could need a different coading in the Bios, any thoughts
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OK Phillip - let's try to clear up where you are at the moment. In your first post you said you couldn't get Mach to recognize your card. Also you said you were not able to get out of E-Stop. But now you seem to be saying your machine is moving (all?) the axes but it's cutting weird shapes.
Ian
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Hi Ian,
That's correct, I entered in the EC07 code again just on the of chance (tried so many times before), shut the whole computer down and restarted and this time it worked. Ever hopeful I tried to use the machine again but this is when it goes bonkers.
Something else that may be relevant is that the jog keys do not always work (make the cnc move) even though the coordinates are moving on the screen, you have to click on the x,y,z in a couple of different orders to then return to the key that was not working and then it will respond.
The Mach 3 I was told to download was Mach3 R3.043.066 in case this is relevant
I think more and more its the control box?
Regards
Phillip
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Few things I see that could cause problems.
You have Input 1 set as port 1 pin 17, thats not possible with the parallel port as pin 17 is an output.
Next thing I see is you have both enable and output 1 set as the same port and pin number, ie 1 and 17.
That is likely not right as it means each time you take Mach out of reset the enable signal is activated which also means output 1 will be seeing the signal and your spindle relay will be getting powered (assuming you have spindle relays connected)
Hood
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Hi hood,
Many thanks, I will have a look at the software tomorrow........ unfortunately these are the settings I have been given by the supplier and I don't have any paperwork with port codes so I am completely lost.
I have spent nearly a week trying to work out if its me, the machine, the software (mach3), the computer or the leads and the supplier tells me it should work straight out of the box with the software he has provided, though he cant get it to work remotely either.
Any help is really appreciated
Phillip
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Hood - is EC07 likely to be correct? - it seems a strange PP base address to me. In the first post, the range looked *normal* i.e. EC00 - EC07.
Ian
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Yes it does seem incorrect but when it was said to be working with that I didnt question further ;)
Hood
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Indeed...
Ian
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Hi Ian,
The machine is still not working as it should (toolpath that is cut is different to the one on screen, I did post in general discussion about that but I think its been removed)
Thanks
Phillip
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Phillip - I realize these things can be frustrating but you're not helping yourself.
Hood and I have been trying to help you and then after your last reply (post #7) you just abandoned this thread and started afresh in another post. This just wastes time and annoys the people who are trying to help you.
You then post on another forum (nothing wrong with that) but you give different information to what you've given us - so now you're frustrating them as well as us.
I'll leave it to you where you want to get help from but if it's here - please STAY with it - follow the thread - and give us UP TO DATE and CONSISTENT information. Otherwise we can't help you.
Ian
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Hi Stirling,
Really sorry if I have upset people, I really appreciate the help that people are giving me. I don't think I abandoned the thread I had a message telling me it had been removed.
Yes I have posted on another forum just trying to get answers but the content is always the same, I cannot get the machine to cut what is on the screen (produced by me and others) no matter what I do.
All of the port issues had on another forum where caused as I tried to swap computers to deal with the issue and the only reason I have two forums running was that I thought that this one would be able to help me more with mach3.
Any help is truly appreciated and once this is sorted I do intend to try and help others (once I have learned) unfortunatlley I have clients to for fil orders for in the next two weeks so I think I need to sub the work out if I cant get it sorted today.
One again thank you
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Phillip - let's get this out of the way and then we can hopefully move on. The thread I'm talking about you abandoning is THIS thread. I closed your NEW one for the reasons I gave.
Anyway - moving on...
In reply #6 Hood pointed out several issues with your XML file. You didn't come back and tell us whether you've followed his advice and if so what if anything changed.
In reply #8 I made my doubts about EC07 being the correct port address. I see from your posts on the other forum you have now changed this to EC00 which is more likely to be correct. It might have been helpful if you'd mentioned that here.
So putting aside for the moment your actual cut path is not what you see on screen. What about your jogging? - is that working now?
Ian
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Hi Everybody,
Just had the supplier on the phone and its not my fault! Its the post processor (not 100% sure what that is other than a file) in cut 2 d and it also is the control box (Some lose wires and the problem with the sticky jog keys) by all the tests done (the suppler had been creating Gcode in another program for his tests on the same machine).
I have cut a square on three sides the fourth side not cutting however the display is counting down to 0 but no movement.
Will keep you all informed and thank you all for your help and please bare with me as not only am I new to CNC this has been my first venture into Forums
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Pleased you're making progress. Thanks for letting us know.
BTW...
I have cut a square on three sides the fourth side not cutting however the display is counting down to 0 but no movement.
You have an axis direction pin loose ;)
Ian
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Hi Ian,
Dont think its axis pin thats lose as it does it on all axis but not in any order.
Phillip
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Dont think its axis pin thats lose as it does it on all axis but not in any order.
Not sure what you mean by "does it an all axis" - I was specifically referring to your cutting of a square missing the last side - hence my quote
Ian
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Hi Ian,
It is cutting the square bar one side, however the jog keys, as previous posts dont always work and I think its because the control board is corrupt.
Phillip