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General Mach Discussion / MPG

« on: November 16, 2017, 06:41:03 PM »

Hi there, just thinking about buying an XHC wireless MPG, is there anyone out there who owns one I would like to hear from you, are they better than the wired ones.... how user friendly are they..... how to set them up in Mach3?
Any advice would be greatly appreciate,  any Pros and Cons?

Regards
Nick

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 / UC100 Connection lost?

« on: August 15, 2017, 07:08:23 AM »

Hi just my two bobs worth, replace the usb cable that came with uc100, I had problems with the cable, it was actually loose fit and vibrations on the machine caused problems, bought a new cable and never had that problem again that was two years ago still going good. ( touch wood!) 

Nick

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General Mach Discussion / Reset

« on: June 07, 2017, 04:58:35 AM »

Hi there, does anyone know how to add hot key to operate the reset button on Mach3, 2010 screen set?, I have worked some of the other commands but not the reset button, any info will be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Nick   

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New Control Panel for Mach3

« on: May 17, 2017, 08:06:18 AM »

Thanks Gerry I will have a play with it tomorrow, it's too late tonight

Nick

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General Mach Discussion / New Control Panel for Mach3

« on: May 17, 2017, 06:38:03 AM »

Hi there, I am working on a control panel for my home made cnc router, I am running Mach3 and a UC100 usb motion controller and2010 screen set, I have made the control box with a joy sticks and buttons to activate the various mouse/key stroke commands, it is wired to a I-Pac2 key board emulator, my problem is:- I can understand how to allocate the basic short cut keys such as Page Up/Down left right etc, but for the likes of me I have no idea as to allocating the likes of Alt R for cycle run etc, has anyone done this or knows how to do this I would like to hear from you, keep in mind that I have no experience in writing macros or any thing like that, if some one can explain in plain and simple language the various steps and point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate the assistance.

Nick    

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Issue with Z Jogging

« on: April 04, 2017, 07:17:58 AM »

I agree with Tweakie, I had a very similar problem a few months ago, it turned out to be a loose wire in the stepper motor connector, once fixed it works great

Nick

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Gremlins in Mach3

« on: April 03, 2017, 07:26:42 AM »

Thanks for your replies gentlemen, swapping the .xml file half solved the problem...... but I think a re-load of Mach3 may be in order.

Regards
Nick

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Gremlins in Mach3

« on: April 02, 2017, 03:38:01 AM »

Hi Daveko974, I am running version .62

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General Mach Discussion / Gremlins in Mach3

« on: April 01, 2017, 10:10:10 PM »

Hi there, I am using 2010 screen set on home made router, every time I use the simple auto zero, z axis will come down to touch off plate make contact retract and touch off again... some times it will go up to clearance specified.. other times a drop down box will ask if it is ok to retract.. press ok and it will go up... but now instead of going up it will come down to the touch off plate and stay there, is there any thing that can be done?  and to-day after cutting about 20 name plates the screen freezes up but only when you go to close the g code nothing happens the g code is still on the screen.. all the axis can be moved, the dro's show the movement etc, the reset button works. but the screen will not clear or load another g code, only way to clear it is to shut Mach3 down and restart, this only started to-day.  Any info will be greatly appreciated. I have attached my xml file

Regards
Nick

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General Mach Discussion / Re: A dumb question

« on: February 20, 2017, 05:37:28 PM »

Will do