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General Mach Discussion / MACH3 Control motors briefly then nothing

« on: February 04, 2014, 07:07:12 PM »

Hi, i am running mach3 on a windows 7 32bit machine controlling a 3-axis using the Toshiba tb6560. I previously used this device and has been working fine but recently ive been having troubles communicating with the controller, after I disconnected the board to connect the controller to a better power supply with a higher current capability. It is a 24v supply. I have found that if i boot up Mach3 i can use the motor tuning to run one of the motors for around 3-4 buttons presses before it will cease to send any more signals.
I will have to restart Mach3 to enable me to get any axis to move just for the same few buttons presses again until they all just stop again and it just fails to move anything any more. Only the y-axis and z-axis move the x-axis still refuses to move. All the ports and pins are set-up correctly as I haven't changed them from the last time i used it. The manual control for the controller works fine meaning the motor connections are correctly connected. Has anyone have any idea what could be causing this?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers.

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General Mach Discussion / PCI Parallel not working

« on: November 19, 2012, 07:14:15 PM »

Hi, I have recently set-up my 3-axis to work with the Toshiba TB6560 controller. The wiring is correct as the remote control works but I am still unable to get the controller working with MACH3. I've been doing some research and I am using a PCI parallel card, I have been changing port addresses still with no luck. I'm running 64bit windows 7 and mach3mill.

Ill post some screenshots of the settings I currently have. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Dcattena

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General Mach Discussion / VB Script from g-code problem

« on: September 20, 2012, 09:47:47 PM »

Hi, I'm relatively new to the Mach 3 software and its features. I've been looking around trying to run some scripts from a .nc g-code file. In the script editor I have some code to activate the reset button eg: DoOEMButton(1021)
This code works fine via the script editor. I saved the file as M6.m1s and then within my g-code :

G00 X10 Y10
M6

I was expecting it to stop and the reset button trips. All the program does is continue over the M6 finish the rest of the g-code.
Could anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong with the script? It would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance