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General Mach Discussion / Re: New to site - Mach3 homing support needed

« on: January 16, 2019, 10:07:07 AM »

I set my debounce to 8000 and also added

while IsMoving
Wend
Code "G53 G0 X10"
Code "G53 G0 Y10"
While IsMoving
Wend

so it moves the gantry clear of the switch

Les

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General Mach Discussion / Re: home switch configuration

« on: January 16, 2019, 09:59:23 AM »

I don't know much but NC and NO are just how you wire them, there is the active low is the pin assignments that cover this I think, NO = active high NC= active low, I think that's right, anyone?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New build CNC slave axis stops working when jogging

« on: January 01, 2019, 12:43:02 PM »

ALL good here, I think is was dodgy connection on the X

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New build CNC slave axis stops working when jogging

« on: December 31, 2018, 10:34:16 AM »

Well well well, I think it may have been down to two possibilities

1, the board as soon as it was changed I never saw the same issue but at this stage I also did not have the limits switches connected
2, there was a very dodgy connection on the x axis motor, which might explain why I only saw this when moving the x axis?

I will let you know

thanks for the help

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New build CNC slave axis stops working when jogging

« on: December 30, 2018, 05:53:46 PM »

Thanks Craig,

I'm using this type of BOB, I do have another (always buy spares), I will try that next

https://warp9td.com/images/BOB_Vendors/StepperOnline/ST-V2.pdf

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New build CNC slave axis stops working when jogging

« on: December 30, 2018, 04:49:12 PM »

I'm on my third pc 

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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: IS ANYBODY OF ARTSOFT WILLING TO/WORKING ON THIS FORUM SEARCH PROBLEM

« on: December 30, 2018, 01:48:23 PM »

yeah, just have to buy different software control I guess

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New build CNC slave axis stops working when jogging

« on: December 30, 2018, 01:41:45 PM »

pins(s/d)    axis
2-3           X
4-5           Y
6-7           Z
8-9           A (not angular)

this is so weird I have video but cant upload, if I move X++ then Y/A -- it wont work
if I move X++ then X-- then Y/A-- its fine, also does this from the jog screen

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General Mach Discussion / New build CNC slave axis stops working when jogging

« on: December 30, 2018, 08:51:40 AM »

I have just built a new CNC machine and am using a Chinese BOB 5 axis. windows 7, 32 bit with the LPT port and MACH 3

X, Z, Y(SLAVE A) so two motors on Y axis

All the axis work when tuned, however I find when jogging the Y axis slave axis will stall and in a very strange way.

if I have jogged the x axis, in one direction, the slave side of the Y axis will not jog (or is in step mode) until I have pressed jog in the opposite direction on the X axis.

I'm am not a total newbie to this as I've built CNC a machine before but not one with a slaved axis.

*ANY* ideas welcome as I am having trouble searching the forum to find anything

Regards

Les

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Toolpath displayed is not what I have programmed

« on: July 01, 2010, 05:19:07 PM »

Ahh found it, IJ mode in MACH3 need to be incremental.