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General Mach Discussion / Problems With Mach3 under Windows XP
« on: August 15, 2012, 12:05:20 PM »
Hi all,

I have searched all over this Forum, looking for a solution to my problem. If it is there, and I am sure it will be somewhere, I cannot find it.

I joined this Forum just a couple of days ago, after my attempts to correct the problems failed miserably.

Please feel free to move this Post the correct area if necessary.

Now, a short explanation about my setup.

I purchased a home built Router, about 4X 4 feet in cutting area, several years ago. The computer with it was running XP and Mach3 was licensed. The router was slow, but otherwise, everything worked fine. I have not used it as often as I planned to. I know very little about the workings of Mach3, so I generally left it alone because it worked.

I have 2 computers, both running Mach3. My Desktop computer is a HP Touchscreen and Windows 7 Home Premium, is my development computer. I use DeltaCad to produce the DXF files, then CamBam to produce the gcode. Then I run the gcode thru a licensed Mach3, Version R3.043.022, also on the desktop computer. I do this simply because I have a tendency for oversights and I don't like to keep walking from the garage to the house to correct things. Probably something to do with my age.

When I test run the gcode, it seems to be okay.

Now, to the machine computer, which runs on Windows XP.

For a short while now, maybe a couple of months, I have noticed cutting errors, in the form of unprogrammed arcs, appearing when the cutting was under way. Thinking that the computer might have been on during a storm or power failure, I decided that a Windows re-install should be done. At this point, before the re-install, Mach3 was performing well, except for the aforementioned random arcs.

However, long story short, I ended up with a computer that would not start at all.

I purchased a refurbished XP computer, re-installed Mach3, ran the last gcode I had used. All of this resulted in the same problem. Random arcs. However, an added problem is that now Mach 3, although the license is installed, will only run in demo mode. Additionally, with the replacement computer, I am now seeing extra circles showing in the Table/Job view when the gcode is loaded. These do not show when I test the same file on my desktop computer.

Does anybody have any idea what could be the problem? (other than perhaps the Operator).

This is driving me crazy although, at my age, perhaps I can use it as an excuse sometimes.

Seriously though, I really need help.

Sorry that it turned out to be such a long Post.

Regards and thanks in advance.

Albert

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