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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Newbee needs help
« on: September 12, 2010, 01:00:28 PM »
Success!!! 

The correct pin settings make a big difference

Thanks Jeff, I couldn't have done this without you.

Phil

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Newbee needs help
« on: September 11, 2010, 10:31:23 PM »
Then you'll need to change the active low state of that input to 'bypass' the EStop for now.

Jeff,

I changed Estop to active low and now the reset buttom works and the program isn't crashing. But still no movement of my Zenbot. I also tried connecting the ribbon cable and parallel cable to post 1 (and I checked port 1 in the config menu) and again no movement of my Zenbot.

Phil


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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Newbee needs help
« on: September 11, 2010, 06:46:37 PM »
OK, I'll give it a go later this evening and let you know how it goes.

Phil


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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Newbee needs help
« on: September 11, 2010, 06:33:10 PM »
No Estop

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Newbee needs help
« on: September 11, 2010, 05:44:35 PM »
Thanks for the suggestion but unfortunately, still no luck. I even tried the opposite - ribbon cable in port 1.

I am getting the proper light sequence on the smooth stepper. I made sure the ribbon cable is in port 2.

Should port 2 be checked in the config panel? and if so what address do I use?

Also, the program starts up in emergency stop mode, getting it to reset requires multiple clicks of the goto and online buttons then sometimes I can get the program to reset but it always hangs shortly after resetting.

Other thoughts?

Thanks again for your generous help,

Phil


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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Newbee needs help
« on: September 10, 2010, 08:08:17 PM »
Jeff,

Did you have a chance to look at my configuration file?

Phil


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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Newbee needs help
« on: September 05, 2010, 10:10:42 PM »
Jeff,

I sent you an email

Phil


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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Newbee needs help
« on: September 05, 2010, 08:58:53 PM »

Jeff

Your solution only works if the driver has been previously installed.

There is a bug in Vista such that when I ask the device installer to browse for the driver the driver is treated as a hidden file and you can not open subfolders.

The only solution is to manually place the driver files in their appropriate destinations.

Thanks for all the ehlp,

Phil

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Newbee needs help
« on: September 05, 2010, 06:01:12 PM »
Jeff

So far I can't get to step 1 - my computer will not install the USB driver. Can you tell me where the files need to go?

Phil

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Newbee needs help
« on: August 30, 2010, 08:19:22 PM »
Thanks Jeff

I received an email indicating the smooth stepper was shipped this afternoon.

Phil


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