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General Mach Discussion / Re: Please help - no tool path generation and trouble with X0Y0

« on: December 01, 2010, 01:45:02 AM »

Problem is solved. Just ran the machine and it appeared to work fine.

Thanks, LC

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Please help - no tool path generation and trouble with X0Y0

« on: November 29, 2010, 03:53:54 AM »

I think I have a lot to learn.

I need to run a test but the solution may have been found. In the error message there is an email address. I contacted Greg at warp9td.com and he sent me an updated plugin for smoothstepper. I installed that, restarted and again had the same error message and problem. Then, after resetting a couple of times things seemed to go back to normal - Yeehaa. I'll run a test tomorrow.

So it may have been a smoothstepper problem, not a Mach3 problem.

Thanks again for your help. I'll let you know the outcome.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Please help - no tool path generation and trouble with X0Y0

« on: November 29, 2010, 12:31:12 AM »

Thanks for replying Hood, but sorry, to me that sounds like you are speaking Swahili.

All I know is the machine has worked flawlessly for 12 months before this happened. So I'm guessing the hardware set-up is correct and I have a software problem.

Unless... while the machine was running I used the drill press. Would starting that have caused a voltage fluctuation that may have corrupted a file?

I really don't know what I'm talking about so I'll accept any advice I can get.

Regards, LC

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Please help - no tool path generation and trouble with X0Y0

« on: November 28, 2010, 07:47:28 AM »

Hood,
Smoothstepper file is attached.

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Please help - no tool path generation and trouble with X0Y0

« on: November 28, 2010, 12:51:00 AM »

I forgot to say, this error message appears whenever I press reset on Mach3.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Please help - no tool path generation and trouble with X0Y0

« on: November 28, 2010, 12:48:13 AM »

Thanks for the replies.

Hood - in the main Mach3 folder there are 5 xml files: Romaxx.xml, Smoothstepper.xml, Screen4.xml, Mill.xml, and Lazycam.xml. Is Mill.xml the one you need?

Gerry - Yes I am using smoothstepper. I'll try to attach the error message.

Thanks again for your help.

LC

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Please help - no tool path generation and trouble with X0Y0

« on: November 27, 2010, 05:24:00 AM »

What's an xml? I did warn you I know next to nothing

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General Mach Discussion / Please help - no tool path generation and trouble with X0Y0

« on: November 27, 2010, 02:46:13 AM »

Hi all,

This is my 1st post and it will be immediately obvious I'm a newby to all this.

I have a small cnc router that is controlled by mach3. I use VCarve Pro to design jobs and create g-code.

Today I was happily routing away when the machine froze. An error message on the screen said there could be a problem with windows not transferring data, etc (I can't remember the rest).

I tried to send the tool home by clicking on the X0Y0 button - nothing happened. I tried moving the tool by pressing the arrow and page up/down buttons - all seemed good. I again tried the X0Y0 button and nothing. I reset the e-stop and tried again - still nothing.

I exited mach3, re-started and tried again - still nothing when the X0Y0 button is pressed.

I rebooted the laptop, turned the power off and on to the machine and re-started mach3, again pressed the X0Y0 button - still would not drive the tool back to X0Y0.

I also noticed when I load a g-code program no toolpath is generated - it just sits there calculating.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks LC