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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 install question

« on: April 11, 2014, 07:12:29 AM »

Thanks Hood

i have my mach3 on a new computer, works as before.

Best regards
Gokhan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 install question

« on: April 08, 2014, 12:58:36 PM »

hi there,

i have a big problem
i was using mach3 untill my computer crushed.
I wonder if i can install mach3 again and reload my old settings.
i have  mach3mill.xml file and my secreen.set
do i need to re calibrate the steppers?

thanks all
Best Regards
Gokhan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Breakout Board relay failure

« on: February 27, 2012, 02:33:35 PM »

i didnot activate and brain, but i ll check  if any active mistakely,  when i m in workshop.

thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Breakout Board relay failure

« on: February 27, 2012, 02:17:35 PM »

it doesnt. 
5V  on pin5   drops to zero  and rises immediatly to 5 V again.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Breakout Board relay failure

« on: February 27, 2012, 01:25:03 PM »

I have assigned output3   to  pin5 of LPT1 , disconnected the Breakoutboard.
And attached a multimeter to pin5.
In the VB  screen, ı ve written a macro " ActivateSignal(OUTPUT3).
I ve watched the multimeter and run the macro.

-------------------           ----------------------  4.7  V
                        |-------|  0 V

I expect  the pin5  stay in  0V   level until  i run the deactivatesignal(output3) macro   

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Output Behavior

« on: February 26, 2012, 08:21:58 AM »

Dear pofo

i m having the same problem i gues.
i want to control a relay with Activate(Output1) command.
it drives  pin1  on  and off. It doesnt stay on.  Did you find any answer to your problem?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Breakout Board relay failure

« on: February 26, 2012, 07:15:34 AM »

 assigning the output pins to  activeLow  fixes the unwanted relay activation..

Let me tell you what i want to do.  i have an  AC motor drive. It has a contact to start the motor.  when my output1 is "on"  driver starts, when my output1
is "off"  the driver stops.

i want  output1 stay on,  but it pulses.  goes on  and off. even diagnostig screen shows that output1 is active, there is no relay on , instead it goes on and off

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Breakout Board relay failure

« on: February 26, 2012, 05:03:25 AM »

Dear Hood
Here is my XMl file.

Its not activating the relays while moving the axes today. maybe rebooting the computer fixed it. Im not sure. I ll try it today .
Here is my XML..

I m triyng to use  ActivateSignal(OUTPUT2)   to energize the relay on board.  It goes on and off immidiately. I want it to stay " on "  untill the deactivate command.
Is it how activatesignal works?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Breakout Board relay failure

« on: February 25, 2012, 01:05:00 PM »

i m away from my  mach3 computer . I will attach XML when i m at my workshop.
i hope its a silly problem that would handle with a click

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General Mach Discussion / Breakout Board relay failure

« on: February 25, 2012, 11:24:04 AM »

Hi all,

i ve wired a breakout board to my pc's parallel port.
here is  wich board it is . http://www.dhgate.com/cnc-router-mach-cnc-interface-board-for-pc/p-ff8080812d2c40c9012d36d677d34296.html

It has 2 relays on board.
My problem is  , when ever  any axis starts to move  , my new board  sets on  the relay. after the move ends , it releases the relay
I have two spindles on my machine. I want to use the relay to select wich spindle i would like to use.

Is there anyone have any idea ?
thanks alot