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General Mach Discussion / Printer Port Problems

« on: June 03, 2011, 04:09:00 PM »

I had Mach3 running great... Then i decided to switch to a faster Pc because I do alot of design work on the PC that runs my CNC machine... I took some time and transfered all the programs over to the new machine, after I did a complete revamping of the machine.... 1 thing i didnt notice was the new dell MAchine didn't have a parallel port.. Since I never hooked up a printer to this dell I never notice... I know my bad... So I went to best buy and found that you can only order them online.. Long story shortened. I installed my new Parrallel port card into my Dell Pc and everyuthing went fine. No problems finding it or intalling the drives... Problem Is Mach doesn't see it because the Resources it uses now ar CC38-CC3F instead of the older LPT1 At OZ-378...
If I change it in mach to the CC38-CC3F I get no response.. Any Suggestion? Thanks in Advance

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / My 1st Design Harley Davidson

« on: April 08, 2011, 07:08:37 PM »

well this was my 1st attempt at making a plaque, I had some problems with my new CNC stopping halfway through the code.. Still havent figured this problem out yet.... The design is made out of Corian. I went to the local Cabinet shop and they gave me a sink cut out... The Plaque is 22" X 15" and is 1/2 thick... If you look closely around the  LEY on the Harley word, you will see where I had to cut out a 3"X5" piece and inlay a new piece.... (Because my machine decided to go bonkers on me and lowered the Z and moved across the letters before I could stop it) I think for my very 1st attempt, it's ok.... Also was my 1st inlay... Heck, its my 1st everything.....

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General Mach Discussion / Mach Just Stops

« on: April 08, 2011, 11:30:52 AM »

Ive been having a problem where Mach3 just stops.. Kinda like someone has hit the Estop or Limit switch.... Then When I try to reset and start cycle The router seems to have a mind of its own.. I've ruined 3 pieces of Corian so far and can't afford to keep this up... Does anyone have any idea where I should start looking for a problem? Sometimes it goes up to 27000 lines of code and other times it stops at 2500... not Right on those numbers but close... If I redo it from the complete start it will go past the 5465 whatever line and stop someplace else... On the Diagnostic page my pulse rate is solid... no Screen saver or Hard drive shut down... I have them set to never shut off..... Any input is Appreiceated.... Thanks In advance

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 25, 2011, 08:20:06 PM »

My question is it possible to add a touch pad for the height of my Z.. Right now I have a home switch at the top of my Z but changing bits and trying to rezero to the top of my work is not working and I'm getting a little inconsistancy when I change bits..

Thanks Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Homing to slow

« on: March 21, 2011, 01:34:11 PM »

Why when I ref all home that no matter where my spindle is located that it goes so slow to the home switches... Is there a way to change it so it can home at a normal speed until it gets close to the home switches then start to slow down.. Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Spindle on/off Relay

« on: March 20, 2011, 07:13:48 PM »

I have a control  box with a relay in it to turn on and off the spindle... I can't seem to find out in Mach where or  how to do this.. I know its an m5 command... I believe my spindle control is setup for pin1 port1. can someone direct me to where i need to enter this info... Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / ESC key not responding

« on: March 15, 2011, 10:28:12 PM »

Hi Guys, I'm Dave and a newbie, I bought a Kit machine from Phil who sells the Pilot Pro, After several weeks of watching Videos on Mach I have some questions.. In the video under homing and limits he can hit the ref all home button and the machine starts to go home.. he hits the ESC key and the Z axis Stops and the program moves onto the Y axis.. My ESC does nothing.. Any Ideas? Thanks And looking forward to posting more..