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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3, motors will not run

« on: September 14, 2017, 07:35:14 PM »

I am in the process of installing limit switches,  e stop, and a water cooled spindle, but I need to get this problem resolved first.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3, motors will not run

« on: September 14, 2017, 07:32:17 PM »

I don't want to take the cover off of the control box. like i said I have been in touch with the manufacture of the control box, and he told me the test to run, which proved to be that the control box was working.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3, motors will not run

« on: September 14, 2017, 05:33:05 PM »

You are beginning to talk greek to me.  I do not have an external e stop, I use the mouse and do my e stop on the mach 3 screen, all functions are done on the keyboard or with the mouse.  I'm using a xylotex control box. it came with one sheet, which basically tells you how to set it up.  It did not make any mention of a charge pump.  If you are talking about having access to the DIR pin, I do have access to them through the 25DB cable , or on the back of the xylotex control box, or on the back of the PC.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3, motors will not run

« on: September 13, 2017, 09:19:09 PM »

I am using a parallel port. I have run a driver test.exe, it said my pulse rate was too hi, so i changed the step pulse and dir pulse from a 5 to a 4 and ran the driver test again and it was excellent.  Sorry I can't send a screen shot.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3, motors will not run

« on: September 13, 2017, 05:11:55 PM »

and the E Stop works

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3, motors will not run

« on: September 13, 2017, 05:10:31 PM »

I'm using a PC running windows 7, 32 bit,parallel port, the DRO's change on the mach3 screen, but the motors don't run (the axis's do not move), I have read  the manual more than 3 or 4 time, and cannot find the problem.  I have been in touch the the manufacturer of the control box, and performed the test as he prescribed, and it checks out to be good, as far as we can determine.  the device manager in windows says the parallel port is performing properly, and the driver test is excellent.

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General Mach Discussion / mach 3, motors will not run

« on: September 13, 2017, 11:54:34 AM »

I have put in all the required settings in mach 3.  From the program run screen the axis coordinates move on all axis, however none of the motors run to move the actual machine.  I need help!!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach3 downloading

« on: August 30, 2017, 12:45:11 PM »

thanks Tweakie that worked perfectly.

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General Mach Discussion / mach3 downloading

« on: August 29, 2017, 12:53:34 PM »

I have recently had to change computers running mach3.  I now need to load mach3 on a different computer using the same license number as before.  Can anyone help