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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: sawmill on March 15, 2007, 04:01:16 PM
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hi all,
just tried to update to rev 2.057 from 1.84.... after it got done couldnt turn spindle on or off, or jog motors, looked at diagnostics, no lights blinkin on the pins when i tripped limits... so i uninstalled mach3 and reinstalled rev 2.057... still no signals..
then i reinstalled 1.84 , and everything works..
machine is a homebuilt with a emachine running xp.. not great, but fun to learn on.
i just dont understand why the rev 2.057 mach 3 doesnt work.
dan
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Hi
I had the same problem but it was not the software i just updated to Rev .057 machine did not move The real problem was i had to reinstall my printer port driver So just a quick
thing to check out. That solved my problem
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the printer port driver for mach 3 ?
hmm i thought that it automaticaly installed that... there was a check mark in the installation to do that
will check it out next time i'm off work
dan
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Also, did you uninstall Mach before you tried to install the new version?
Brett
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i installed over the existing version, then when that didnt , uninstalled and installed rev 2.057, then that didnt work, so i installed 1.over that... if your not supposed to install over the old rev the installation program should say that instead of " do you want to upgrade the existing installation"
dan
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This is probably not the case so just ignore this,
but the earlier versions of Mach would keep my configurations...so when I installed a newer version of Mach I didn't have to turn on my "Ports and Pins","Motor Outputs" and other things...than recently... after installing an updated Mach I will have to reconfigure everthing after ever new install.....ummm it took me a day to realize the reason my motors weren't turning is cause I hadn't enabled my X,Y,Z outputs ;D just thought I'd mention this cause I made the mistake...but I'm probably the only knuckle head to do this ;D
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Hi guys, hope you can help me. I downloaded mach 3 from the net but can't import any drawings. In the file menu there are no import command. Please help
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Your computer printer port drivers
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Hey Scotty, you have to import into lazy cam and generate your code there. Then you can open the code in Mach.
Brett
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ok, got back to my machine and loaded in mach 3 rev 2.060
same problem
checked my port number .. its 378 same as mach3 port number
ran driver test, it takes control and has a straight line in the 38000 range
but still no motor action, or limit switches light up , ( they do light up on my breakout board leds)
under the diagnostics screen pulse frequency is 0
clicked and ran the original driver bat file, no change
if i look at my ports under xp hardware i have , as i said before, a lpt port with a resource of 378
i'm sitting here feeling i'm chasing my tail.. this system works good with 1.84 , i dont understand why the lpt port doesnt like 2.0
aany ideas ?
dan ???
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What do you see in the Time in Int DRO on the diagnostics screen? That will tell us if the driver is running. Also we should check to see that you have the driver installed in device manager. You should see Machd Driver under the Mach X Pulsing Engines. Do you see that? If not you need to reinstall (Don't bother to uninstall) When you are installing please be sure that you don't uncheck anything during the install. Also post you XML and let me see that you are not trying to run something like an NCpod... that will stop the driver from running.
Thanks
Brian
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When upgrading from Ver 1.84 to a later 2.xx version, can the 1.84 XML just be dragged back into the folder and continue to be used as it was in 1.84 or must something be done to create a new one for use in 2.xx?
Thanks in advance,
Terry
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You should be able to use it... Axis slaving did change so if you have a slaved axis you should check the slaving settings.
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had o.o for time in dro
checked my mach3 drivers and i had 2 installed under the mach3 pulsing engine, deleted both and reinstalled 2.o57 ( its what i had close to hand) and it works now..
so it appears that you can have too many drivers , must have confused the program
dan
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Hi Dan,
I have quite a few XP machines that did not like the new driver. I am not sure why but it looks that way to me still trying to find out. My XPs work fine with the older driver.
Good luck ???
Werner
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When you install don't run Mach3 first. also do you ever see the driver test when you install?
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works fine now, once i deleted those 2 drivers under the pulsing engine and reinstalled m3 ver 2.060
thanks for all the suggestions. now to make some chips.
dan
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Good job!
Best of luck
Brian