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General Mach Discussion / 1st Run on MACH3MILL

« on: July 19, 2009, 05:43:16 PM »

After a long wait, yesterday I was able finally to fire up MACH3 for the 1st real try. After setting the pins etc. I was able to jog the 3 motors and that was enough for me. Now I need some adjustments on my CNC router which I was expecting. All settings I did on MACH3 were saved under my Profile.

Today, after some adjustments on the machine and the controller (that is the console housing all the electronics), I fired up MACH3 again but now I could not jog the motors at all. Pressing the arrow keys did nothing.

I noticed on the diagnostic screen under “Port1 Pins Current State” that no green lights were lit wheres yesterday I had a few lights ON. Also noticed a new message “No Shuttle Detected of Type Selected”

The only adjustments I did on the machine were to align the bearings on the 3 axis, and change the step mode on the 3 drivers.

Any idea why I can’t jog the motors now?

Thank you

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Windows98

« on: June 05, 2009, 11:20:44 PM »

Thank you RICH

Nicolas

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General Mach Discussion / Windows98

« on: June 05, 2009, 08:19:20 PM »

I have MACH3 installed now on my DELL laptop with VISTA. This is just to learn to software.

To run my CNC machine, I have an old DELL laptop, 1GHz, 256RAM with Windows98 installed. This will be the computer to run my 1st CNC machine.

Does MACH3 works with Windows98. If not I will install XP

Thanks
Nicolas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: June 05, 2009, 08:13:44 PM »

Hi to all
I'm new to CNC and in the process to build my 1st machine. I'm retired now, worked all my life in the industrial engineering filed design/build plants. I hobbies now are woodworking, computers and home renovations.

I just bought MACH3 and I love it. In the process to learn how to use it

Thanks
Nicolas