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General Mach Discussion / Re: halfmoon instead of circle

« on: May 17, 2011, 01:52:42 PM »

ok Finaly got a hold of someone who knows the thc.  Torch rate was set too high.  Now it seems to be doing fine.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: halfmoon instead of circle

« on: May 17, 2011, 09:16:55 AM »

Turns out the tip voltage was wired - to + even though the install said the only thing polarity sensative wasn't the raw tip voltage I did need to flip them.  Now an other problem and I rreally hope the last one is that on larger parts the torch shuts off during the cut.  The torch is off, the thc says there is no arc, yet mach3 shows the torch still on.  The movement does stop about 2 inches after the torch has shut off.  Anything larger then 11 inches does not get to be cut all the way.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: halfmoon instead of circle

« on: May 13, 2011, 12:19:00 PM »

Ok so I completely wiped the computer again, and it has seemed to fix everything now.  But I do have one last problem now when cutting.  The tch does not seem to move the z any direction.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: halfmoon instead of circle

« on: May 11, 2011, 10:06:37 AM »

I wish this was it.  So my thc is running and says it's moving my z+ mach says my zis moving + but the z goes -.

Yet when my z is moved with the hotkeys it does what it is supposed to do.

And after shutting down mach3 and restarting it several times this morning my y a and z had to get switched to active low cause they started moving in the wrong directions again.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: halfmoon instead of circle

« on: May 10, 2011, 05:17:33 PM »

Thank you Hood.  I restarted mach 5 times after switching it over to sherline and my a stays a slave to my y.  I'll be trying the z movements come morning, cause I want to end my day on a better note then it started.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: halfmoon instead of circle

« on: May 10, 2011, 04:55:42 PM »

I switched ports to see if that was the problem so it will read all motors on port 2 and the thc on port 1

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General Mach Discussion / Re: halfmoon instead of circle

« on: May 10, 2011, 04:53:38 PM »

Here you go.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: halfmoon instead of circle

« on: May 10, 2011, 04:31:48 PM »

ok so I got a c11 from cnc4pc and got it all up and going (the bob I had was junk) now I have a thc problem.  The thc tries to move the head up when it should be moving down, and my y and a axis seem to forget they are to go in the same direction.  I have to go into ports and pins set y to active low and appy, then go back in and set it to active low then click a as no slave then a as slave and they work again untill the next time I open mach3. 

I should have bought a new machine, this being down for 3 weeks has pissed off several customers and we have lost several orders.  Not to mention my sanity is now on the line.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: halfmoon instead of circle

« on: May 04, 2011, 01:14:41 PM »

Thank you all  I'll be replacing this pos bob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: halfmoon instead of circle

« on: May 04, 2011, 07:49:28 AM »

The company I got all this from gave the wiring setup as I have wired it so the drivers should support it.  I'm measuring at the bob and no I have not taken bob out since my lpt only goes to 3.3, where bob amps it up to 5.