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General Mach Discussion / Mach 3 motor tuning dialog screen

« on: April 24, 2014, 05:01:45 AM »

Mach 3 motor tuning dialog screen

Moved my Mach 3 v3.042.040 to another machine since the previous one was getting questionable. Just a normal xp machine installed the software. But didn't install the parallel port driver which I usually do. Since I'm only using a dynomotion kflop decided not to when prompted. Anyway copied in my setup and screens from other machine and everything works. Except nothing displays when I select the config/motor tuning window. This does not really need to be seen now since the values are set. But not sure why it does not come up. No error or anything Any ideas? Other dialogs work fine

Thanks

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Grex & MPG's

« on: November 16, 2006, 09:55:17 AM »

Hello..

Well Glad I ran through the list a few serches as the first question
was how to reverse the axis direction.. Answer: Motor Home/Soft
limits Reversed check box.. Darn.. Could not find that. Was stuck
in the G100 config screen trying to reverse it..

On that subject anyone know what the different Mode0, mode2, reverse
options in the dropdown of axis config for grex actually change?
That is where I was trying to reverse the axis direction last night
anyway. Guessing most of that is for config of stepper feedback
now.. So since I don't need any of it can it be cleared? Does not
seem it is able to be cleared.


Ok on to the real question.. *******************
I got my home and limit inputs comming in through pins 15, 12 and 13
of the gecko digital inputs. They corispond to the setting for
parallel port 1, pins 15,12,13 so I used those ones so I would not
have to change any of my personal setup docs..

Now I have pendant I made with 3 incoders. one of them interfaced
through 2 open pins for port 1 and 4 other pins from my second
parallel port. I connected them now to the digital inputs 2,3 & 4,5
& 6,7 of the Grex. I get check boxes blinking and blinking lights
from the test screen under the grex config.

But when setting the MPG's under ports and pins/ Encoder MPG's to
point to A-port 1 Pin 2 B port - 1 pin 3 I don't get any responce
that Mach is reading the inputs, Tried reversing ping 2 and 3 incase
they were crossed or something and still nothing.. Wondering what
I'm doing wrong.

Also tried to hook the A and B of my Pendand encoders's to the different axis inputs rather then to the digital inputs.  This didn't seem to result in any movement although the Grex test screen did detect the movement (putting up numbers and such) when I spun the pendant incoders.. 

Other then that I think it should all be working. Would be nice to
have some drawup of how to connect things up..

Setup:
-Mach3 v2 with the grex plugin
-Grex loaded with the software per their docs communicating through
ethernet
-320 geckos to servos..

b/.