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General Mach Discussion / Re: steps per calculation (Help with)

« on: October 29, 2010, 12:51:01 PM »

Yep I am running!
I made my first cut, a nice square on foam!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaaLoyeaCPs

YYYYÉÉÉÉ
Now the real work start. Understating G code and figuring how to carve my complex lightwave draws in wood or plastic!

TX again

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General Mach Discussion / Re: steps per calculation (Help with)

« on: October 28, 2010, 08:27:24 PM »

YAAAHHHHOOOOO!!!
It worked!
I got on calculating myself, made a lot of mistakes, took a lot of time but I discovered that my CNC step per MM was exactly the number given by HOOD divided by 2.  
So its 314,9606298 per MM.


Now, with a stupid G-code I just wrote, I can see my CNC going  from home to the complete other side of the table and get back!!!!!!YYAAAHHHOOOOO
WOW. This is a very good Forum.!!!
TX  both of you

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General Mach Discussion / Re: steps per calculation (Help with)

« on: October 27, 2010, 08:47:38 PM »

WOW looks very useful! TX

 But there is a butch of abbreviation! Why did you put so much of them?
Ok I’ll start my investigations.

TX again

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General Mach Discussion / steps per calculation (Help with)

« on: October 27, 2010, 07:26:40 PM »

I Guys
I am getting lost with the “steps per” calculation. I am kind of an artist who always dreamed about having a CNC to carve my 3d draw.
Now I have one, but calculation are not my business. I will if I must, but I’ll have no fun in it. And it will take me a long time.

Those are my steppers
http://www.xylotex.com/425ozin.htm

This is my controller
http://www.xylotex.com/XS3525V202.pdf

I have 10 treads per inch acme lead screw. Single start.

What do I need to put in the calculation? What did I lack? If you happen to have the result right away, ill take it!
And another question, my lead screws are in inches but I'll really like to set up my mach3 profile all in metric. Is there some problems with this?

TX

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem activating input switch on the diag panel with the mouse

« on: October 27, 2010, 04:05:37 PM »

thanks a lot budman68 and Hood
This helped me a lot.

Very nice forum!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem activating input switch on the diag panel with the mouse

« on: October 27, 2010, 03:21:56 PM »

TX a lot Hood.

Sorry for the communication problems.

I don’t have any switches on my controller.
I build the CNC, put 3 steppers, and link them to my controller, a Xylotex XS-3525/8s-3.
The controller is directly link to a PC via a parallel port.

So far, I can jog my CNC with mach 3.The 3 steppers do a nice sound.

But there is absolutely no physical button on my controller.Would I be able to properly set up my CNC with mach3 without the buttons you referring to? I guess I lack an hardware piece.
TX

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem activating input switch on the diag panel with the mouse

« on: October 27, 2010, 02:59:59 PM »

I tough by “ hit home switches” he means, clicking, with the mouse, on the place where it is written M1home, M2home on the diag/panel.

It’s not that?
What did he mean if its not that?The hot key? I have tried it.
What physically is my home switches?

TX in advance for help

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem activating input switch on the diag panel with the mouse

« on: October 27, 2010, 02:36:55 PM »

Ok simpler.
Go to the tutorial videos pages.
http://www.machsupport.com/videos/
Take the third one, Homing, limits and offsets

I about 1/3 of the video. The guy say’s

“Before i do a reference all thought,
and before any of you do a reference all
I want you to go to the diagnostic pages and hit your home switches
Your screen should look like this, with none of them lit, until you push a home switch and then, it came on. “

And then, one turns yellow.
I can’t do that. Its stays gray.


In fact, I have uninstalled the software and destroyed all the profile.
Reinstalled it, took the mach3mill default profile.
Went into config/port and pins/input signals,
Enabled x++, port 1, pin 10, active low
made estop, pin 15, active low
Hit apply and ok

Reset

When I go to the diag panel
I am not able to turn "m1++lim "yellow by clicking it.

Is it normal?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem activating input switch on the diag panel with the mouse

« on: October 27, 2010, 01:32:39 PM »

Activating switch ( yellow led) input on the diagnostic panel with the mouse or hot key.


Hello
I am a newbie and I am watching and following the tutorial videos step by step.

On the input output video, the guy turn on a input in the diagnostic panel by cliking on the switche with his mouse.

I can’t do that. Even with the hot key, I cannot turn the switch from yellow to gray.
If I go to the port and pin/input signal and I change the “active low” to red, the yellow LED appear in the diagnostic panel. Otherwise, I cant turn it yellow.

Wy is that so?


Even with the hot key I did not worked, I tried other inputs, and the same thing again
It probably a stupid question, but I will apreciate help.


More details

Like in the video

port and pins configutarion/input signal

x++
enable is gren
port 1
pin 10
Active low is grenn
Emulated is red

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General Mach Discussion / Problem activating input switch on the diag panel with the mouse

« on: October 27, 2010, 12:49:07 PM »

HOw do I delete a post?