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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: NEED ASSISTANCE with some config.
« on: January 30, 2013, 09:35:20 AM »
I'm guessing its set up somehow in a saved file, I just don't really know anything about the computer.
  On the gecko website they have a link to a .xml but I don't really know how to run that program. Or what it does.
 There are a few different mach 3 icons on my desktop, one for milling, and one for plasma.
And one i think is an installer. I think I'm going to try to reference the other files to see if the configurations are in there.

Like I said, mechanically it's all set up, for some reason I just think my jog controls or hotkeys are all messed up and I can't get them to switch back to the normal set up .
 

 Where would I find the saved files if they were on the computer. And if Infact I find them how do I use them to set me back up?

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / NEED ASSISTANCE with some config.
« on: January 30, 2013, 07:46:30 AM »
 I am pretty much brand new to this, I recently bought a Procut plasma table, and use mach3 to run a "Geckodrive 540" controller.  I recently restored the program and lost all the configurations that were loaded for me, and need help straightening out a little.
  My first question is
  1.  Two days ago my machine was in basic working order, and since my restore all my motors are running either the wrong direction, or on the wrong axis, i havent moved the physical connections, so my problem is in either the "ports and pins motor outputs" or the "Hotkeys"... generally when running my table around I would use my keyboard arrows to move my x and y and (page up and down) to run the z.... now thats all *********ed!...  Can anyone give me some basic pointers on reconfiguring or getting any basic presets back?

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I had one of the screws come loose a while ago,
  I could check it again.
  I went and got a dial indicator and am going to make sure it's measured perfectly.
 I'm fairly certain this could be an issue. Seeing that the computer thinks the tool is where it should be.
  When I measured my steps/inch it was only a rough measurement, and am guessing it's gotta be a pretty accurate measurement to be able to make accurate adjustments.

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I was thinking last night, and it it hit me,
  I tested the steps/per on the z, but not with a particularly accurate measuring tool.
The dro stays consistant, but the torch just keeps climbing....
  I'm going to test with a dial indicator today to see if I'm as accurate as I should be.  It just seems like there was a setting somewhere that was affecting this, but now I'm wondering if there is miscommunication somewhere.

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Every time I cut
  My z lifts to a certain height and cuts, but after the cut, it moves to the next starting point, and lifts even more...my z never stays zeroed where I zero it, why?

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I don't know if it's something in my sheetcam program
 Or in mach.  The machine is brand new and I am still in the initial setup stage.
  It seems like no matter what my .dxf test program is always over the soft-limit somewhere,
My z which travel is for sure less then 6" always wants to run to like 12"...there must be a setting somewhere I'm missing.

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