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SmoothStepper USB / SS axis motion != DRO indicators
« on: July 25, 2012, 01:31:12 PM »
I recently set up a SmoothStepper board on my DIY mill with Mach 3. It works great(!!) with my desktop PC, but not my laptop. When using the laptop, X and Y axis ONLY move in a positive direction in response to arrow keys and Z never moves at all. Y only responds to page-up and page-down (Z) arrow keys. Left, right, up, down, page up, and page down arrow keys all make sense on the Mach DRO. All motion commands are properly correlated on the DRO, but the axis response is not doing what the DRO says it should be doing.
I have checked all of the Mach hot-key settings, and resetting them has no effect. I have checked port and pin mapping. All of the settings look good, or at least all that I know to look at. I tried using the same XML configuration file that works on the desktop machine with no luck. I know the hardware is all working because I have many hours of successful use on this system using my desktop PC. Is there something I need to know about setting up a laptop?
Both machines are running XP Pro if that makes any difference. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks -
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I have checked all of the Mach hot-key settings, and resetting them has no effect. I have checked port and pin mapping. All of the settings look good, or at least all that I know to look at. I tried using the same XML configuration file that works on the desktop machine with no luck. I know the hardware is all working because I have many hours of successful use on this system using my desktop PC. Is there something I need to know about setting up a laptop?
Both machines are running XP Pro if that makes any difference. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks -
D