Machsupport Forum
Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: drew on May 12, 2008, 01:35:07 PM
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After using the turn wizard, posting code, then exiting back to Mach I get an artcode error 709 repetely and watch dog error till mach crashes and closes .
Drew
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I try not to use the Wizards in Mach3. I think they pretty much offer a disclaimer of non-authorization. Your problem is probably starting and ending there. Try to find a program or ad-on that performs the duty you want and you should get better results!
Good Luck!!!
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The turn wizards work great for me, always have, and I've never had an error with them. I'm using turn 1.84 FWIW, which seems to be the last real updated version of turn there is.
DaveA.
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Dont use the wizards much but on the occasions I have done they work fine.
What computer do you have? can you try turning off the toolpath to see if it helps.
Hood
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I have been using the turn wizards and the thread mill wizard daily with no problems
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It seems its not the wizard but the second time I try to load any g-code mach spews out artcode 709 errors till mach self terminates.
Thanks Drew
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so what does artcode 709 mean? is there a list of artcodes? i'm getting this error when loading gcode files. The files are good, nothing but some tool changes for testing.
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ArtSoft no longer supports Mach 3 and has their hands full trying to get Mach 4 to work which doesn't look promising. Good luck trying to get a response for a Mach 3 error code.
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Try turning off Watchdog's in General Config.
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ArtSoft no longer supports Mach 3 and has their hands full trying to get Mach 4 to work which doesn't look promising. Good luck trying to get a response for a Mach 3 error code.
Why would any supplier stop supporting a working system until the new version is fully 100% up and running and mostly de-bugged??
Makes no sense, i'm not denying it, just saying...
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Depends on how you define "support". They'll still try to help you, but they are no longer updating the software. The reason is that it's practically impossible to fix any current bugs, without introducing new ones. Which is the reason that Mach4 is a complete rewrite from the ground up.
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Depends on how you define "support". They'll still try to help you, but they are no longer updating the software. The reason is that it's practically impossible to fix any current bugs, without introducing new ones. Which is the reason that Mach4 is a complete rewrite from the ground up.
That makes more sense now
thanks for the info
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I'm not sure who is doing the marketing plan at ArtSoft or if they even have one. Mach 4 is far from a usable consumer product as it stands right now. ArtSoft releases a half developed Mach 4 and expects the consumer to pay $200 for the privilege of debugging it and hours of frustration trying to get it to run. From what I can see CV functions aren't working yet? I'm all for a better Mach 3 but ArtSoft needs to rethink how they do business. Companies like UCCNC have software that is light years ahead of Mach 4 especially for CV control. Problem is plug-in support is very limited and you are tied to UCCNC's USB controller.
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geh7552,
Your reply made me recall a true fact of life saying which is something like:
"Nothing stands still, it either moves forward or withers and dies, so it is in life, get used to it!"
RICH