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NC Pod / Re: LIMIT SWICHES

« on: April 21, 2008, 12:27:47 PM »

as far as i understand it the normal Mach engine had to be "hijacked" to run the nc pod
thus the normal flow of info is not followed
the signals are coming in but Mach is no longer looking for them

solution 1 : i just ran my limits and e-stop together
while not perfect, it works for me

solution 2 : moved my big mill to a BOB CAMBELL break out board and got a printer port card for the PC

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NC Pod / Re: how to change number of pulses in NCPOD

« on: January 06, 2008, 10:53:49 AM »

do you not adjust this param in mach?
with the motor tuning
or do i misunderstand your prob ?

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NC Pod / Re: LIMIT SWICHES

« on: January 06, 2008, 10:30:27 AM »

the motion control seems to work perfect
jogging, rapids, circles all ok i have test run 3 hour parts with no problems

Mach does not understand when a limit has been triggered
if a limit comes from the NcPod or the key board the light on the daigagnostic screen changes
but nothing happens, however the E-Stop works as expected.

thanks for your help

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NC Pod / LIMIT SWICHES

« on: January 01, 2008, 06:44:44 PM »

i cannot get any limit switches to work with the NcPod
they will register in mach3 but don't seem to do anything
the Ncpod plug in page recognizes them (check boxes change state)
even when i set a key press from the keyboard as a limit it just ignores it

can you mod a plug in or change something in the XML file to let the limits work?
also the home switches don't seem to be functional

latest version of mach3, ncpod, and drivers installed

thank you for any help

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NC Pod / is this site dead ? any updates for the pod ?

« on: December 31, 2007, 05:36:09 PM »

what has happened 
i see lots questions on this forum  from 7+ months ago
not many answers
 
just would like to see some movment