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General Mach Discussion / Torch always On !

« on: January 01, 2011, 11:30:27 AM »

Ok, Happy new year everyone, Instead of being home, I am obsessed with getting this toy going 

On the Bladerunner Plasma version of Mach3, When I Reset The torch on light on my pcboard comes on, even if i dont press the  torch on.
Does someone have insight to this?
Also, I have hooked up limit switches to the X and Y, when I plug them into the board on x home and y home the diagagnostic screen shows Arc OK ?

I have posted the XML, iff you see anything else out of order that can help me get this going, By all means feel free to fix it 

Thanks for your Help
Rob,

PS I can also be emailes at    hsfireplace @ gmail.com

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 not saving configuration

« on: December 30, 2010, 10:16:16 AM »

Hi again Folks and Happy New year.
I finally had everything where i wanted it, and went to the top and saved setting ( but it does not save ) I keep finding this out due to the Lovely Microsoft way it freezes up the computer, Not Responding, etc to the point where i need to reboot. ( Unlike my Mac , HINT HINT ! )
Even though it was saved, all settings are lost.
Any advice?
Thx

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General Mach Discussion / Hi All! Newbi here , need help!

« on: December 21, 2010, 02:16:06 PM »

Merry Christmas !

Please bear with me as I know Zero of CNC .

I just purchased a 4x4 table and Gantry from Precision Plasma, ( Great product )
I also purchased The  Bladerunner Control and Larger Motors from Candcnc. I Think my issue is one of the million things I may be doing wrong with setup.

I have a Plasma cutter,
4 Motors

Y - 2 motors
Z
X

Here is my problem, When I have everything connected my Y ( and please correct me if I have anything backwards ) only one motor moves, So one plug is in Y the other is in the A ( being I have on the box A,Z,Y,X )

I don't know what I need to set so they move together.
My X ( which is left , Right ? ) when plugged in and I jog it only moves right even when i press left, However, If I unplug it and put it in the Y it moves left right.

My Z ( Up Down ? ) does not move at all.

I have a cad Guy, so hopefully I wont be asking too many questions, But I need to set up the machine.
Any Help would be Appreciated
Thanks
Rob