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General Mach Discussion / Replaced my motherboard. Now I am having problems getting back up and running.

« on: December 02, 2013, 05:01:57 PM »

I purchased a machine a while back and it has been working great until it developed a limit switch triggered problem.  That came and went for a while and the motherboard went.  I replaced the motherboard and now I am not sure where to start.

My machine is a knee mill that the previous owner setup to be controlled with Mach 3. 

I replaced the motherboard and the video card and was thinking I would be back up and running using my existing settings.  Now when I fire my machine up, my drives are all engaged but my home and limit switches are all lit up for all three axis. 

Can someone please tell me where to start?  I am in the middle of a production run and need to gett back up and running.  I would love to be able to talk to someone about the setup I have so I understand it better. 


Please help???

Thanks,

Matt
612-490-5696

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General Mach Discussion / looking for a little help in MN

« on: December 05, 2012, 12:39:01 AM »

I am wondering if there is any Mach 3 users here in MN?  I am looking for some help to get up and running and thought it might be better to try to find someone close?

I seem to have everything up and running but am sure thing could be done better.

I currently have a very simple gcode file that is not running correct on my machine.  It may just be the way the code was written but not sure.  If anyone would be willing to take a look please let me know.  I am at a loss until I can figure out what is going on here.

Thanks,

Matt
612-490-5696

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General Mach Discussion / New Computer and new install - lost home switches

« on: August 20, 2012, 02:03:44 AM »

I just purchased a knee mill cnc running Mach3 sofftware.  I needed to get a new computer due to the original one haveing numerous viruses.  I have a couple of problems that I ran into that I have been havving trouble finding the answers to:

First I set up the new computer and downloaded Mach3 and did the install.  I copied the XML file and copied it over to the the new computer.  Hooked the computer up to the machine and am able to jog in all directions but my home and limit switches are not working.  They did work prior to switching to the new computer.  Was there another files or files I needed to copy over?

Your help is greatly appriciated!  I did some playing around with this set up before switching out the computer and am very impressed so far.  I need to get to the point of loading in some tool paths as soon as possible.

Thanks,

Matt