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General Mach Discussion / MPG problem, mach freeze and mach crashes with art code 904
« on: January 05, 2012, 07:47:19 PM »
I've got this mpg in use: http://www.pro-tos.de/site/producte.html
it works like this: everytime a button is pressed or a switch is changed a pin on lpt is set which triggers an macro in mach3. in the macro the vbscript reads the status of all switches over rs232 as a string and sets the "oembuttons" according to the string received. additionally some "success" information is shown in the mach3 information line. the mpg wheel itself is connected directly to the lpt port via 2 pins.
my problem is that mach3 occasionally crashes when I'm using this device. so far i have encountered the following problems:
1) changing a switch -> mach3 crashes with art code 904
2) changing a switch -> mach3 freezes without any information, the text in the information line is red (should blink red/white for a few seconds after being displayed)
3) starting to jog with the mpg -> mach 3 freezes after the first jog step, also no error information
4) mach crashes while jogging, jogging continues for about one or two seconds (even when the mpg wheel is already stopped!) then the motors stop and the spindle relays gets turned off (very bad error, as it already caused 2 crashes on my mill!)
5) while jogging, mach3 closes itself, while jogging continues (this only happened on my lathe so far, i don't know if it stops jogging after a few seconds too as i pushed the emergency stop very quickly to prevent the machine from crashing
)
with any of these errors, the driver of mach3 continues outputting the watchdog signal. also I'm not able to shutdown or restart windows, i always need to power off my computer. (or press the power button for 4 seconds which is about the same)
I'm running mach3 R3.043.056 with the silver/blue screensets for lathes/mills. the errors 1-4 have been seen on lathe and mill
does anyone have an idea what is going on here? if any more information about my detailed hardware or software configuration is needed please let me know.
it works like this: everytime a button is pressed or a switch is changed a pin on lpt is set which triggers an macro in mach3. in the macro the vbscript reads the status of all switches over rs232 as a string and sets the "oembuttons" according to the string received. additionally some "success" information is shown in the mach3 information line. the mpg wheel itself is connected directly to the lpt port via 2 pins.
my problem is that mach3 occasionally crashes when I'm using this device. so far i have encountered the following problems:
1) changing a switch -> mach3 crashes with art code 904
2) changing a switch -> mach3 freezes without any information, the text in the information line is red (should blink red/white for a few seconds after being displayed)
3) starting to jog with the mpg -> mach 3 freezes after the first jog step, also no error information
4) mach crashes while jogging, jogging continues for about one or two seconds (even when the mpg wheel is already stopped!) then the motors stop and the spindle relays gets turned off (very bad error, as it already caused 2 crashes on my mill!)
5) while jogging, mach3 closes itself, while jogging continues (this only happened on my lathe so far, i don't know if it stops jogging after a few seconds too as i pushed the emergency stop very quickly to prevent the machine from crashing
)with any of these errors, the driver of mach3 continues outputting the watchdog signal. also I'm not able to shutdown or restart windows, i always need to power off my computer. (or press the power button for 4 seconds which is about the same)
I'm running mach3 R3.043.056 with the silver/blue screensets for lathes/mills. the errors 1-4 have been seen on lathe and mill
does anyone have an idea what is going on here? if any more information about my detailed hardware or software configuration is needed please let me know.