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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Getting up and running in Vista

« on: August 16, 2007, 10:56:25 PM »

 My ultimate solution to Vista was to remove it from the PC and load XP.  Everything has worked flawlessly since. I have been machining parts on two machines.  Also a laptop was not a good choice for me.  The pin voltages are lower than a PC.  I got microsoft to give me XP after complaining bitterly about Vista. 

Hasta la Vista Baby

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Getting up and running in Vista

« on: July 05, 2007, 10:11:50 AM »

Still hoping for a response.  I think my last post was lost somewhere down the list.  I cannot get mach 3 to work under Vista.  After trying the prescribed installation method the driver check works.  But when we go to run the program the drivers are not there.  Vista keeps deleting them.
I am going to try and load XP over Vista this evening.  From the reading has anybody actually gotten Mach 3 to work under Vista?  The program will run okay if its not driving a actual machine tool.   

Thanks, John

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Install in Vista with no drivers (for familiarisation)

« on: July 03, 2007, 02:51:55 AM »

 I have tried the prescribed method of installing in Vista.  I have one machine running fine which is XP on a milling machine.  Had to buy a new computer for another machine and only Vista was available.  Anyway using the prescribed method the driver test works fine and everything but then the driver is gone.  Start the whole process over and the driver is gone again.  Vista apparently just keeps eating it.  Still cannot get the thing to move the machine.  Any suggestions.  Logitrol system with servos.  My other system is the same with steppers. 

Thanks,
John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: motor setup

« on: December 30, 2006, 10:33:57 AM »

I was reading the speeds off the diagnostic screen. Will to low of a amp setting cause the motors to be erratic?.  As I said when I changed the resistors to go from three amps to approx. four they worked fine for about five  minutes.  I can up the amperage more without hurting anything so think I will try that this morning and go back to the PC if I can find the right resistors.  Radio Shack is very limited in choices.  There is the chance of some massive electrical noise causing this grief I would imagine.  What I am doing here is replacing a old Centroid controller with another controller which supports third axis interpolation.  Its still open loop and the A-B phase stepper motors. 

Thanks, John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: motor setup

« on: December 29, 2006, 11:24:03 PM »

I did that and it has a lot of spikes in it.   I have since tried it on a laptop with a PCMCIA parallel port with the same settings and cannot get the machine to function with that computer. Still working on that.  Unfortunately it has a very good signal compared to the PC.  The PC is spiking to 22,000 down to 4500 or so.    The laptop is fairly steady at about 24500. 

Thanks, John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: motor setup

« on: December 29, 2006, 08:01:24 PM »

I am still trying to set up the motors and they are jerky in manual jog.  I tried a canned program and it did the same thing. I have noticed quite a frequency spike with the computer.

Thanks, John

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General Mach Discussion / motor setup

« on: December 29, 2006, 07:54:01 PM »

I am setting up a replacement controller for a stepper motor system.  No matter what I do I cannot get the motors to run smooth either in jog or running a program.  I have tried about every setting on the motor tuning possible.  I upped the amperage on the conroller boards and it worked great for about 3 minutes.  Now its back to jerky.  What might I be missing in Mach 3's settings? 

Thanks, John