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General Mach Discussion / Uninstall Mach3

« on: April 26, 2009, 05:47:11 PM »

I'm still having problems with my Mach3 not communicating with the parallel port so I tried to reinstall Mach3.
When I uninstalled Mach3 I just happened to have the DRO's at values other than zero, now when I reinstall the DRO's stay at the same value. This suggests to me that my uninstall didn't remove everything from my computer.
What do I have to do for a full uninstall? Am I missing some drivers or something similar?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No Pulse Frequency!

« on: April 25, 2009, 08:35:02 AM »

Yep, the pulse frequency is 25K and the time in in is 40 ish. The DRO's change when I jog but I'm not seeing any lights in the output boxes.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No Pulse Frequency!

« on: April 25, 2009, 08:14:43 AM »

Checked, It's the standard parallel port that came with the computer on the typical port 0x378

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No Pulse Frequency!

« on: April 25, 2009, 07:43:35 AM »

Well it's been a while since I last looked at this topic but it has now come up again.

I'm not getting any output from my parallel port. Driver test runs fine and doesnt report any problems.
The whole system was working but it isnt anymore and it is displaying the exact same problems from this post, all I did was reinstall Lazy cam and now I'm not getting anything.

My pulse frequency is 25450, I can see the current position changing when I jog the machine but I'm not getting any change of the Lights on the diagnostic tab telling me what the Port 1 pins current sate is.
I used a DMM to measure the direction output on the parallel port and I'm not seeing any changes on the port.

I tried to reinstall with the special driver and I got no output on the driver test so I returned to the original driver, but I'm just not getting anything when running Mach3. Please help me.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No Pulse Frequency!

« on: December 07, 2008, 12:25:57 PM »

I joined the forum to contribute to this topic. I was having exactly the same problem this morning, Driver test appeared to be working but Mach 3 was not. While I was waiting to be accepted I found an answer for my problem in this topic http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,9541.30.html

I realise I'm new and haven't run Mach in any configuration before but have you tried Sherline mode, it helped me and it sounds like it might be able to help you.