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FAQs / Newbie needs help
« on: April 11, 2013, 11:37:47 AM »
I am new to CNC and Mach3 and have encountered a problem I can't resolve. Please help.
Building a CNC plasma table and have purchased Mach 3 to control it. I'm using R&P with stepper motors for my linear movements. My gantry has a separate stepper motor on each end. I'm trying to slave the second motor to the first motor on the Y axis but when I go to config> slave and set the Y axis to axis A it won't connect and run the slaved motor. I have checked all the motor outputs pins on port 1 and they seem OK. I have actually connected both motors separately to each set of output pins and run them as Y axis and the motors will run. Its like the Y axis isn't talking to the slave axis A in Mach 3. Its probably something I'm doing wrong but I don't know what. Can anybody Help?
Thanks
GMitchell
Building a CNC plasma table and have purchased Mach 3 to control it. I'm using R&P with stepper motors for my linear movements. My gantry has a separate stepper motor on each end. I'm trying to slave the second motor to the first motor on the Y axis but when I go to config> slave and set the Y axis to axis A it won't connect and run the slaved motor. I have checked all the motor outputs pins on port 1 and they seem OK. I have actually connected both motors separately to each set of output pins and run them as Y axis and the motors will run. Its like the Y axis isn't talking to the slave axis A in Mach 3. Its probably something I'm doing wrong but I don't know what. Can anybody Help?
Thanks
GMitchell