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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: jpm42166 on June 22, 2019, 08:32:28 PM

Title: Breakout board will not enable, Mach4, ESS and C11G Breakout board.
Post by: jpm42166 on June 22, 2019, 08:32:28 PM

I believe I have set up my profile correctly, but my breakout board will not enable outputs and the green LED output status light will not light. Also, none of my inputs are showing up in Mach4, when I hit Estop nothing happens. I'm attaching my current profile. Help, please!

Title: Re: Breakout board will not enable, Mach4, ESS and C11G Breakout board.
Post by: KatzYaakov on June 23, 2019, 01:34:14 PM

yours problem seems not sent to the right place
you need ask yours breakout board supplier

Title: Re: Breakout board will not enable, Mach4, ESS and C11G Breakout board.
Post by: jpm42166 on June 23, 2019, 02:30:41 PM

How do you know it's not Mach4 failing to enable the c11g. Or I thought someone might have had the same problem as me and would be nice enough to help me out. Not someone just shutting me down and saying I'm in the wrong place. I keep hearing good things about this Forum, but I keep getting burned.

Title: Re: Breakout board will not enable, Mach4, ESS and C11G Breakout board.
Post by: KatzYaakov on June 23, 2019, 02:33:16 PM

i just want help  ,you can get my suggest you can ignore but this what i think

Title: Re: Breakout board will not enable, Mach4, ESS and C11G Breakout board.
Post by: joeaverage on June 23, 2019, 10:05:39 PM

Hi,
I use an ESS and have no problem.

From what you have described Mach is not communicating with the ESS/breakout board combination.
In the first instance we should try to establish whether Mach can communicate with the ESS.

Do you have the ESS plugin enabled and set as the active motion controller in Mach's control plugin?. Note that if you need to change either of these
settings you will have to shut down and restart Mach for the changes to be 'cemented' in.

Craig

Title: Re: Breakout board will not enable, Mach4, ESS and C11G Breakout board.
Post by: joeaverage on June 24, 2019, 03:53:20 AM

Hi,
see the two pics attached:

Craig

Title: Re: Breakout board will not enable, Mach4, ESS and C11G Breakout board.
Post by: Bill_O on June 25, 2019, 08:02:01 AM

If you are using an ESS the pc's ethernet settings need to be set to the correct address also.
Select TCP/IP Version 4 then click the Properties button.
Select Use the following IP address.
IP address   10.9.9.1 
Subnet mask   255.255.255.0

Bill

Title: Re: Breakout board will not enable, Mach4, ESS and C11G Breakout board.
Post by: joeaverage on June 28, 2019, 04:12:10 PM

Hi jpm42166,
how did you get on? Its nice to get a response from people you try to help, whether it was successful or not and
whether you came up with a solution that might help others in turn.

Craig

Title: Re: Breakout board will not enable, Mach4, ESS and C11G Breakout board.
Post by: RickGravelin on October 19, 2019, 02:44:35 PM

I am having a similar issue. ESS is communicating but C11G BOB shows input lights but no output lights, therefore, I can not jog or move axis.  I do not own a hobby license yet but am getting one in about 2 weeks.  Could this be preventing the outputs?  Thanks Rick :}

Title: Re: Breakout board will not enable, Mach4, ESS and C11G Breakout board.
Post by: Steve Stallings on October 19, 2019, 08:51:55 PM

If you do not have a license, you are running in DEMO mode. This will function fully for about 5 minutes each time you launch it. Otherwise it runs just like a licensed system.