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General Mach Discussion / probing and z height zero issue.
« on: June 22, 2020, 01:17:57 PM »
I have the Probeit probe and a generic z height setting tool.
Ill attached a picture of the z height tool and probe it that I am trying to use

I can not get both them to work without having to change the active low settings before using them.
If i go to ports and pins under probe with active low selected  (green check) it will work. But the z height will not when I switch the plugs from one to the other.
If i use the z height i have to have active low disable (red x )and it will work but the probe won't.

Is there something i am missing or this combination will not work.

I am milling metals  on the mill so not able to use a probe plate.

any help or a device that will work please let me know.

thanks
john

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General Mach Discussion / Edge finding?
« on: April 13, 2018, 05:45:21 PM »
Could someone point me where to start at setting up a edge finder using Mach3?


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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 and windows?
« on: September 11, 2016, 07:24:45 PM »
My XP computer is dieing and trying to figure out what system I can upgrade to and still work Mach 3?

Since xp is not supported and now dropbox wont let me use it with out going online I need to upgrade the computer.

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General Mach Discussion / Motor will not jog at slow speed.
« on: November 25, 2015, 10:29:02 PM »
Had a motor lock up on me.
First thought the x axis screw was in a bind but enede up being  the motor locked up.
Order new motor and installed and now the x and y axis are acting like they are binding up when jogging at a slow speed bit when you get it over 60% they move. But when moving 100% they are fine.
Thought it was my g540 driver messed up put a spare one in and same problem Tried different setting and same issues.

Deleted mach 3 thinking maybe something got corrupted and reprogram everything same problems.

Screws turn fine when motors are powered off.

Also noticed with using the keyboard which is the only way i have to jog right now.
If i go in one direction x-  then go x+ the direction doesn't change if you click back and forth on each one it straight up. it does it in the y direction also.

here a link to a video showing my issues
https://youtu.be/QXgBrCcEI6I

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Mach4 General Discussion / Need terminology help
« on: April 09, 2015, 01:11:42 PM »
I want to be able to save starting points for different projects with out having to re zero.

Example when I start my machine I reference everything home then move my machine to x 3.375 and y -2.707 that puts everything but the z where I want to start each time. With out having to zero x and y every time.

I think I should be using active work offsets on the offset screen. But not sure what I should be doing.

any guidance would be appreciated.

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General Mach Discussion / Touch probe?
« on: November 16, 2014, 07:53:00 PM »
Hi i purchased a touch probe from http://www.craftycnc.com/ and I am having some issues with it working.
I been emailing back and forth with Eric with my issues and he is been real helpful trying to trouble shoot my problems.

Has anyone used one of the touch probes with a g540 gecko drive?

I have went tru the set up a couple times and still can not get it to work.


I Have 1 wire going to ground at the power supply and 1 wire going to the terminal 4 on the G540 drive.


Ports and pins.

Active low not checked



Digitize always stays on even when moving probe tip.


Probe active stays on.



Chnaged ports and pins Active low checked




No digitize light




Probe Inactive.



Moving the probe tip does not make any differance on digitize or probe active leds.

Using a multimeter,I get oms with probe sitting there and open when probe is moved side to side.




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General Mach Discussion / table and screen going opposite.
« on: June 27, 2014, 07:07:55 PM »
Had computer issues and thought I had a back up, been talking with support and got some of my issues figured out.
Now the biggest thing is my table and the view on the computer while running are running opposite of each other.
i been trying changing stuff around and can not get it figured out.

ex White line on screen is going right to left and the table on the mill is going left to Right.
how do I correct this?


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General Mach Discussion / Tool change?
« on: June 21, 2014, 03:55:22 PM »
In my code I have tool changes set in the code.
 When i start mach3 tool change ignore is selected as a default. is there a away to configured mach 3 to default the tool change ignore to see the tool change in the code.
So i wouldn't have to go click the ignore button every time mach 3 is started.

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General Mach Discussion / Reset pop open window?
« on: April 10, 2014, 04:00:46 PM »
When i had a limit switch get tripped and i need to reset it i would click the reset button in the bottom right corner and a window would open.
Now when I click the rest button nothing opens up how do i get the window to open when i click the red rest button?

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General Mach Discussion / Setup table dimmension with gcode file.
« on: December 28, 2013, 04:54:52 PM »
Having a little problem, when i load my gcode into mach 3 looking at the tool display window the part is outside of my table in display window.

I know it has to be something that is not set up correctly with my inputs could someone look at the attached screen shots and see if they can see something that is not correct.

I have my home set up with table to the front and to the right.
push the right arrow and table will move to the left and push the up arrow the table will move to the front.


















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