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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 motion control over two LPT ports?

« on: February 20, 2011, 03:37:25 AM »

Hello,

I've just built my 4th axis and use a G540 as my controller.  Problem is I slave the A axis to the X axis to contol two ballscrews.   So when I use my 4th axis I need to disengage the the X axis to use the A axis for rotary control.   I have a spare Xylotex controller that I was thinking I could use to control the 4th axis and keep the other three axis working properly.   But will Mach3 allow two LTPS to work concurrently for motion control?



Brad.

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General Mach Discussion / Output problem.

« on: October 31, 2010, 11:41:47 PM »

Hi all, 

I've a G540 with a spindle on/off relay on output#1 and output#2 relay is switching on/off 240V.  Problem I'm have is everytime I turn the spindle on output#1 in Mach3 the other output turns off.  Then when I turn off output#1 ( the spindle) the the output#2 turns on again.  I thought using the Enable would fix this, but the same problem occured.  In this instance, the relay output#2 switched on when the control box was turn on, but as soon as I hit the spindle button the output#2 turns off.  Any ideas?  Is there an override in Mach3 I'm not seeing?

Brad.