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General Mach Discussion / The Magic Is Gone

« on: March 15, 2010, 01:41:40 PM »

Yesterday I ran one of my first Wizards.
A simple 'row bolt patten'.
No I had originally calibrated Mach 3 in Metric but this wizard ran in inches and it ran perfectly.
I tried it again to day and it still runs correctly buy it travels in MM and the DRO's read in MM also.
The wizard includes a G20 code so it should switch to inches but it does not.
What am I missing?
Alex

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General Mach Discussion / Save Settings

« on: March 12, 2010, 12:35:05 PM »

Obviously, I'm missing something
I can't seem to figure out how to save all my settings (motor pin allocations, limit switch conditions, motor tuning etc).
I choose "save settings" but when I try to "restore settings" and the program shuts down and I re-start it by opening "MyMill" file, I must re-set all parameters.
There's a trick here but I can't seem to find it.
A little help please.
Alex

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General Mach Discussion / Motor outputs????

« on: March 09, 2010, 12:26:07 AM »

REALLY new to CNC in general and Mach3 in particular so bare with me a moment.
In the diagnostics screen, I am not seeing any "LED's" in the 'port pins current state' whether at rest or while jogging.
X,Y and Z are enabled in the 'ports and pins' cofig file.
Obviously, steppers aren't moving either (hobby cnc board) but are locked up when powered.
I've read through the manual but perhaps I've missed something.
Any help appreciated.
Alex in Texas