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SmoothStepper USB / How to configure easily Mach3 + SmoothStepper with Chinese CNC ?
« on: November 05, 2011, 12:20:03 PM »
Hello,
I've got some problems to configure correctly the SmoothStepper card with Mach3 software (Version R3.043.022)
My old PC owned a nice parallel port and it was easily to work with Mach3.
Now he is broken, i have bought a new Pc with no parallel port included, so let's go with SmoothStepper.
The SmoothStepper card is connected, the drivers has been installed: blue and green leds are lighting and of course the red led is blinking.
The CNC is connected on the port 1 of the board.
I have configured the motor outputs like written by the CNC manual (see bellow):
First problem:
When i click on OK button, Mach says : "Spindle-axis Dir Port = 0, Dir Pin = 0. Valid pin values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 16, and 17"
The Spindle dir pin seems not to be correctly configured, what's the correct pin number?
Now, let's try to configure the input parts (it was working with my olc pc) like bellow:
Second problem:
I need to enter some pin number values but i don't know what to enter.
Mach displays this error message:
X++ Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
X-- Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
Y++ Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
Y-- Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
Z++ Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
Z-- Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
Please help me!
I have passed all the day to read posts on this subject and nothing to help me to correct the problem.
Best regards
I've got some problems to configure correctly the SmoothStepper card with Mach3 software (Version R3.043.022)
My old PC owned a nice parallel port and it was easily to work with Mach3.
Now he is broken, i have bought a new Pc with no parallel port included, so let's go with SmoothStepper.
The SmoothStepper card is connected, the drivers has been installed: blue and green leds are lighting and of course the red led is blinking.
The CNC is connected on the port 1 of the board.
I have configured the motor outputs like written by the CNC manual (see bellow):
First problem:
When i click on OK button, Mach says : "Spindle-axis Dir Port = 0, Dir Pin = 0. Valid pin values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 16, and 17"
The Spindle dir pin seems not to be correctly configured, what's the correct pin number?
Now, let's try to configure the input parts (it was working with my olc pc) like bellow:
Second problem:
I need to enter some pin number values but i don't know what to enter.
Mach displays this error message:
X++ Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
X-- Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
Y++ Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
Y-- Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
Z++ Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
Z-- Limit is assigned an invalid input pin (Port 2 Pin = 0).
Valid values are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15
Please help me!
I have passed all the day to read posts on this subject and nothing to help me to correct the problem.
Best regards