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Mach3 under Vista / Re: A2-8002 VFD set up - any help appreciated

« on: February 27, 2023, 04:41:16 PM »

I have a similar A2 series VFD and am trying to figure out how to get Mach3 control it as well. Did you ever get yours to work and if so what did you do? I haven't been able to find much information on this VFD.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Is it possible to auto square the Y axis?

« on: November 02, 2017, 07:08:19 PM »

Thank you. It's almost too easy! I'll give it a try.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Is it possible to auto square the Y axis?

« on: November 02, 2017, 05:14:38 PM »

Thank you both for the replies.

joeaverage - My motion controller is from Xylotex. I'll check out the warp9 forum.

ger21 - I have switches on both of the Y and A axis and fine thread screws to activate the switches. I can adjust the squareness quite accurately. Would you be able to explain how to set up Mach3 to do this task or provide a link to the information.

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General Mach Discussion / Is it possible to auto square the Y axis?

« on: November 01, 2017, 10:26:50 PM »

My CNC sometimes moves a slight bit when the power to the control box is switched on. Occasionally the Y axis moves and the A axis doesn't (or A moves and Y doesn't) which causes the gantry to become out of square.

Is there a way to set Mach3 to move the Y axis and the slaved A axis simultaneously onto limit switches to automatically square the Y axis gantry? I would like to have both steppers start at the same time and direction, but have one of the steppers stop when it activates a switch and the other stepper continue until it activates another switch. This should eliminate any racking that has occurred in the gantry and square it up with the table.

If this is possible and with a bit of fine tuning this would be an easy method to square up the machine. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 won't start my router.

« on: May 06, 2016, 09:35:13 PM »

I solved the problem! 

In case this happens to someone else the solution was easy.  When I installed Mach3, for some reason the macro files were not copied to the profile I set up for my CNC Router. I copied the files from the Mach3 Mill file and pasted them in the CNC Router file. Every thing works as it should now.

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 won't start my router.

« on: May 04, 2016, 09:35:27 PM »

I've been trying to get Mach3 to stop/start my router through a BOB connected through pin 17 to a SSR. I have the spindle relays activated and output 1 set to the proper port and pin.  I can get it to toggle on and off with the F5 key and with the spindle button.  When I try to run G Code command M3S20000 or M5 nothing happens. I have also tried to enter M3 and M5 in the diagnostic screen with no results.

I have read every post that I could find on the subject and am unable to find a solution.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.