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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 27, 2014, 08:45:29 AM »

Would i only have to change that value in Mach3? As you know im a total newb lol, This wont hurt anything will it?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 25, 2014, 08:12:40 PM »

On a side note i changed the steps per to 200, made a big difference, 400 was noise, My final setup is below

Port 1 (0x378) Matches what I have in system settings
Kernal Speed 25000

Pin Setup
X Axis Step Pin 2, Dir Pin 3 (Dir Low) (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Y Axis Step Pin 4, Dir Pin 5 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Z Axis Step Pin 6, Dir Pin 7 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Probe Port1, Pin 15, (Active Low)
Estop Port 1, Pin 10, (Active Low)
Enable Port1, Pin 14

Motor Tuning
X Axis Steps Per 200, Velocity 2000, Acc 200, Step Pulse 3, Dir Pulse 1
Y Axis Steps Per 200, Velocity 2000, Acc 200, Step Pulse 3, Dir Pulse 1
Z Axis Steps Per 200, Velocity 800, Acc 150, Step Pulse 3, Dir Pulse 1

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 25, 2014, 05:44:36 PM »

And we have movement lol, It was enable 1 set to Port 1, Pin 14

I also had to turn on Dir low on the X axis to get the direction right

Next i will try to get some soft stops working

Thanks guys, Im sure i will have other question

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 25, 2014, 08:27:01 AM »

Thanks guys,

Ill try that when i get home, I will be so happy if i get some movement lol

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 25, 2014, 07:48:58 AM »

Is it normal to have the steppers lock when just the PC is on? Sounds like your system leaves your steppers unlocked until your in mach3 and the estop is reset.

Ill setup the output port tonight, I dont have any pins setup in that section, the instructions never said to lol, in inputs i have the Estop (working) and Probe (Working)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 24, 2014, 08:58:47 PM »

Thanks Fast, Ill try that out tomorrow after work, I have been wondering if there is a pin i need to set some way to get it to work, The motors locking when the PC is on makes me thing the controller works, But just does not have all the signals it needs.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 24, 2014, 06:28:16 PM »

Ok so i have not made any progress, Here is where im at

Everyting off

Turn on the CNC Controls (Motors Lock), Turn the PC on (Motors Still Locked), Start Mach3 (Motors Unlock), Click reset and try manual moves (Nothing), Close Mach3 (Motors still unlocked), SHut down windows (Motors lock)

Mind how my mind works lol, Im not sure the attachment worked so i also left photo-bucket links.

I found this in the Mach3 manual



Here are the settings i used for this round, I took port pin reading in both states (With out Mach3 and With), Its how my mind works, Im wondering if there is a pin that needs to be enabled for this setup to work.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 24, 2014, 03:01:39 PM »

Thanks for the reply,

Im going to play with it a bit more after work today, Im not sure if the spindle can be controlled in Mach3, The control unit has an on / off switch and a speed pot to control it, As for my experience with CNC, Well none, this is my first, i do run a 3d printer but that's a completely different beast lol.

William

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General Mach Discussion / Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 24, 2014, 11:24:39 AM »

Ok so I bought a 3040Z-DQ from ebay (I know) Im listing my problems and questions, the seller is just sending documents he does not even understand.

I have hooked this system up two three different computers (Dell GX620, Custom, Industrial PC), all of them have onboard parallel ports, I have tested them on both EEP and ECP settings in the bios.

The problem im having is like others, Cant get the 3 stepper motors to move with the keyboard (manual), well they will not move at all no matter how I try.

I have used the paper included in the box for settings, a pdf manual in the box (yes it has different settings), and another document the seller sent to test. I will list all the settings.

I did notice when I power the PC on and the Router controller the steppers lock (normal I think), as soon as I start Mach3 they all unlock. This is with all the settings and PC’s used.

I know there are lots of different controllers that are shipped with this setup, the one I have is the black box with T-D 3 axis controller

I’d like to get this thing working but I’m also asking for upgrade options, to change over to a gecko G540 setup. But first lets see if we can fix the controls I have now. I ran the port test in the Mach3 directory on all three computers and it passed (25000)

Setup from paper in box (labeled 3040T), I bought a 3040Z but the controller has TD on it. The Estop works with this setup.

Port 1 (0x378) Matches what I have in system settings
Kernal Speed 35000

Pin Setup
X Axis Step Pin 2, Dir Pin 3 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Y Axis Step Pin 4, Dir Pin 5 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Z Axis Step Pin 6, Dir Pin 7 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Estop Port 1, Pin 10, (Active Low)

Motor Tuning
X Axis Steps Per 400, Velocity 2000, Acc 200, Step Pulse 3, Dir Pulse 1
Y Axis Steps Per 400, Velocity 2000, Acc 200, Step Pulse 3, Dir Pulse 1
Z Axis Steps Per 400, Velocity 700, Acc 100, Step Pulse 3, Dir Pulse 1

Setup from File on disk (labeled Desktop CNC Has pictures of the blue box controller), The Estop works with this setup.

Port 1 (0x378) Matches what I have in system settings
Kernal Speed 25000

Pin Setup
X Axis Step Pin 2, Dir Pin 3 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Y Axis Step Pin 4, Dir Pin 5 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Z Axis Step Pin 6, Dir Pin 7 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Estop Port 1, Pin 10, Active Low

Motor Tuning
X Axis Steps Per 400, Velocity 2000, Acc 200, Step Pulse 10, Dir Pulse 3
Y Axis Steps Per 400, Velocity 2000, Acc 200, Step Pulse 10, Dir Pulse 3
Z Axis Steps Per 400, Velocity 800, Acc 100, Step Pulse 10, Dir Pulse 3


Setup from Seller (labeled 3040Z-DQ)Estop does not work, unit does have a probe with it.

Port 1 (0x378) Matches what I have in system settings
Kernal Speed 35000

Pin Setup
X Axis Step Pin 2, Dir Pin 3 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Y Axis Step Pin 4, Dir Pin 5 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Z Axis Step Pin 6, Dir Pin 7 (Step Low) Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Spindle Step Pin 17, Dir Pin 1, Step Port 1, Dir Port 1
Probe Port 1, Pin 15 (Active Low)
Estop Port 1, Pin 13, (Active Low)

Spindle setup
Use Spindle Motor Output, PWM Control, Base Freq. 200, Minimum PWM 10%

Motor Tuning
X Axis Steps Per 400, Velocity 2500, Acc 200, Step Pulse 3, Dir Pulse 1
Y Axis Steps Per 400, Velocity 2500, Acc 200, Step Pulse 3, Dir Pulse 1
Z Axis Steps Per 400, Velocity 700, Acc 150, Step Pulse 3, Dir Pulse 1

That’s all the setup I have tried, I have tried all of them with the Kernal Speed at 25000 and 35000. No matter what I do the three axis will not move and the are free when Mach3 starts. Below is pictures of the controller I got with it, I cant find anybody with setups that have the same internals.