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General Mach Discussion / how to change axis orientation

« on: November 20, 2011, 08:55:50 PM »

Hi Folks

this should be an easy one
newbie here, I've built a cnc wood router and I'm controlling it with Mach3
when I jog the machine with the right arrow key on the keyboard is moves left
how do I change this?
it seems like with my original setup the coordinate system is messed up
I'm sure you fix it with software settings but not quite sure what to change

TIA for advice
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / what does "save fixture" mean?

« on: November 01, 2011, 05:30:23 AM »

Hi Folks,

newbie plugin along here
this concerns a home built router
sometimes I see strange behavior from Mach which I'm sure is due to my own lack of understanding but is seems to be trying to trace paths of code I've run earlier.
today I was trying to cut a part for a clock (the pallet) and Mach kept trying to go in circles

I've noticed that sometimes when I exit the program it asks me if I want to "save the fixture", what does that mean?
am I saving something that is going to influence future runs?
if so, how do I erase this information?

Dave

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Mach3 under Vista / pci parallel port questions

« on: May 26, 2011, 06:29:56 PM »

Hello All

rookie here
trying to get Mach setup and running for a cnc router kit I purchased
my PC is custom built with modern components and doesn't have a parallel port so I bought a pci addon card
in testing to see if I can turn output pins on and off with Mach I have no luck, I suspect I haven't got the port config setting correct
OS is Win7 32 bit, 2 screenshots from the device manager are attached
what should I set the port address to be and do you see any other items I should change?

Any Help Appreciated
Dave