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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach3 jog not working, timer not couting...

« on: November 09, 2011, 04:30:08 PM »

actually no, I could not make it run. first thing tomorrow, I'll try this. thanks....

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How can I continue g-code tomorrow ?

« on: August 06, 2011, 05:34:45 AM »

to: BR549

Ooookiii, doki....

when I set line number and hit "run from here" it runs all gcodes from begining to that specifis line without moving motors and very fast. then it stops that line and waits for "continue" command"...

my line number is 2750 so it takes some time go there. I thought mach3 starts over but actually its not. I noticed that codes working very fast and dro's of mach3 are not changing.

thanks my friend... you helped me a lot. have a nice day with full of smiles.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How can I continue g-code tomorrow ?

« on: August 06, 2011, 05:22:39 AM »

I loaded my gcode, write 2500 to "line" section, hit enter and gcode windows went that line. When I hit "run from here" gdoce goes to line 0, top of gcode.

I tried different combinations of "load gcode", "set next line", "run from here", "rewind" buttons, and different line numbers for starting point, but no luck. I dont know how this "run from here" button supposed to work.

that mach3 application is very good software but its some portions definitely need to be revised. There should be a trick to work with "run from here". I searched forums, google it, but could not find solution.

do you have any idea how to use it ? can you give me step by step instructions like:

load g-code
enter line number (while reset button is active, ie: motors are not running)
hit "set next line"
While reset button is inactive (while step motors are running)
hit "run from here"

of course this directions not working, at least for me... When I hit "run from here" gcode ayways starts from beginning...

this is the beginning of the code... maybe you could say "this situation is related with the codes at the top of gcode"

T1M6
G17
G0Z12.860
G0X0.000Y0.000S15000M3
G0X14.000Y8.600Z5.000
G1Z-0.020F1200.0
G3X13.000Y7.600I-0.000J-1.000F600.0
.... and goes on...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How can I continue g-code tomorrow ?

« on: August 05, 2011, 02:22:56 PM »

The Run Next Line can work BUT you cannot restart in an arc or you will get that message(;-) at that point mach does NOT know where the last move was from so it cannot determine where the arc should end.

this is exactly my point my friend. So you say I cannot continue arcs tomorrow...
that means I need to pause mach3 EXACTLY after finising the arc.

Can you tell me please, if there's a way for stopping mach3 in some exact line ? like breakpoint ? like "stop at line number *********"

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How can I continue g-code tomorrow ?

« on: August 05, 2011, 01:40:20 PM »

Nope my friend,

IJ mode is correct. I tried that. also if I change IJ mode my gcode never runs and directly gives that error.

 gcode is running perfectly.Problem is after I pause gcode, press reset button, exit from mach3....
and...
re-run mach3, open my gcode, set old coordinates and run the gcode that error rises. I believe when  run gcode starting from the middle of it, arcs could not be completed...

never mind, real problem is:  how I stop gcode, shurdown everything  and continue tomorrow ?

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General Mach Discussion / How can I continue g-code tomorrow ?

« on: August 05, 2011, 01:27:30 PM »

Dear friends,

I want to stop (pause) mach3 while running and shutdown eveyything and tomorrow I want to continue where I stopped the system.

I wonder how do you do it. I get the last coordinates, last line of gcode that will be processed and "tomorrow" I try to continue.

but... "Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start on Line #" messages are making this operation impossible.

Can you suggest some way to do it ?

best regards...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach3 jog not working, timer not couting...

« on: February 20, 2011, 05:20:07 PM »

my friend,

What I am saying is, when I fully load mach3 with its driver, nothing goes wrong on device manager. Every driver is loaded. But in this case, keyboard jog does not work, frequency is ZERO. When I uninstall everything(I also tried to re-install windows) and then install mach3 WITHOUT driver, jog is working but of course frequency says "SIMULATE".

What I'm interested is, laptop hardware maybe cannot run with mach3, okay.  in this case pulses must be delayed and steppers cannot follow the mach3. but even in this case frequency must be run and keyboard arrow keys, jog should work. Loading driver stops the timer. Even if there's no physical parallel port exists on computer.  that makes me crazy. because this means laptops and/or lpt ports can always cause problems without any error message. You cannot select a specific computer to run mach3. problems can raise EVEN system DOES NOT HAVE parallel port and you cannot know until you bought computer, bring home and install mach3.

I believe the design of mach3 driver causes it. And there's no solution. this laptop has parallel port. so it should work. OR should miss steps. But should NEVER stops its timer.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach3 jog not working, timer not couting...

« on: February 20, 2011, 06:06:47 AM »

here it is. but I dont use any special configuration. To understand the source of problem, I just install mach3 and use its default config. after installing mach3 I imeediatelly go to diag screen and check clock pulses. then I hit arrow keys to check if jogging is working.

strange thing is, until you predd jog keys, you can ZERO the axis values with zero buttons, by clicking with MOUSE. after you hit any key, you cannot hit them with MOUSE, buttons dont work.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach3 jog not working, timer not couting...

« on: February 19, 2011, 08:45:18 PM »

When I install mach3 R3ç043.028 (latest) without paralel port driver , Pulse Frequensy is "simulate" and jogging is working fine. So it is mac3 paralel port driver.... interesting because this situation happens on computer with NO PARALLEL PORT.  strange...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach3 jog not working, timer not couting...

« on: February 19, 2011, 08:38:34 PM »

I uninstalled mach3, uninstalled AND DELETED mach3d driver from device manager an installed mach R1.84.0000 downloaded from ftp site.

it is working fine.