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General Mach Discussion / Spindle Speed Issues W/ Mach3

« on: August 29, 2013, 02:54:31 PM »

I am having issues with the spindle speed... I have attached the spindle config image and here are the issues:
1) With the current config spindle does not hardly spin faster than 5K even if it is specified to spin at 10k, 12k, etc.
2) I changed the PWMBase Freq. to 65 and the spindle will spin at about 10-12k but will not change even if specified (like above)

Is the something I am missing or a config change I should make??
(Just to note: we have a 5hp spindle with an 18k RPM max)


Thanks in advance!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Issue - Does Not Appear To Communicate With Controller... Need Help

« on: August 27, 2013, 06:05:14 PM »

Okay so turns out after banging my head on this for a couple days I decided to finally test the cable ... Come to find out the cable I was given was not a straight through cable ... Once I determined this and replaced it with a straight through db25 cable I was able to toggle the spindle, move the y axis, and move the z axis... It still would not move the x axis when I clicked the return to home button, but hopefully that's something simple ...

Lesson learned = never assume you are given the correct hardware/cabling...

Thanks for the help Hood!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Issue - Does Not Appear To Communicate With Controller... Need Help

« on: August 27, 2013, 12:13:59 PM »

Here is our XML ... Just to note I change the port address accordingly when using different PCI parallel cards...

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 Issue - Does Not Appear To Communicate With Controller... Need Help

« on: August 25, 2013, 05:40:31 PM »

I have Mach3 Ver.3.043.066 with a DC Servo CNC Controller ... I have installed and tried Mach3 on Windows 7 (32-bit) and Windows XP (32-bit) with multiple parallel cards and it does not communicate with the controller (pressing the limit switch manually does not appear in Mach3) ... Mach3 also continually flashes Emergency Mode with a message External E-Stop Requested (kinda tells me something is not right...) ... I have changed and/or made sure the port address is correct in port and pins ... The DriverTest.exe runs and completes without a problem ... I am stuck and COULD REALLY USE SOME HELP AND GUIDEANCE before going and buying a Motion Control Card (like Smoothstepper) with the hopes of that getting this controller to work...

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!