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Mach4 General Discussion / Axis setup
« on: September 09, 2016, 06:27:31 PM »
My A and B axis is off by 1 degree and my XYZ is probably off too though I haven't checked yet.  How do I tune in my axis in mach4?  My XYZ axis uses lead screws that are M8 x 1.25 just in case someone is wondering.  A and B are geared at a 8:1 reduction. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Need a simple 5 axis NC file for testing
« on: September 05, 2016, 06:03:28 PM »
Does anyone have a simple 5 axis NC file that will run under Mach4 just for testing?

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Mach4 General Discussion / It's alive
« on: September 01, 2016, 08:58:27 PM »
Ok I think I FINALLY I got my little five axis CNC mill working thanks to Daz but I still have a lot of work to do on it.  I can jog all five axis in Mach4 but I had to use a different BOB with the smoothstepper.  The C25S wouldn't work for what ever reason.  Does this forum allow photos?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Jumpers on smoothstepper
« on: August 28, 2016, 03:47:37 PM »
Which jumpers do I need to set on the ESS smoothstepper when a C25S BOB is plugged in so that the C25S gets power?

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Ok I got the C25S plugged into my smoothstepper.  Smoothstepper is configured with my network card and seems to be recognized in mach4 but I need to know what to set in the smoothstepper and Mach configuration in mach4.  As is my motors will not respond to jog but they are locked so I know they are getting signals.  I looked at one of the videos from  Daz but the smoothstepper he used in the video was an early version so all the configuration screens were different.  I have the latest versions of everything.  Below is my system.

I have (5) Gecko 251S drivers for XYZAB axis and they are connected according to Gecko instructions.

Smoothstepper board NOTE: I do not know lf the jumpers are set right so I left them as received.

C25S BOB with port (1) configured as pin 2/3 X pin 4/5 Y pin 6/7 Z pin 8/9 A pin 1/17 B

NEMA 17 motors

I think I covered everything hopefully someone can help me with the correct settings.

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Mach4 General Discussion / C25S to smoothstepper no go
« on: August 25, 2016, 09:33:56 PM »
Has anyone had problems plugging a C25S BOB to the ESS smoothstepper board.  It's an excessive tight fit and it won't go all the way down due to the Ethernet housing in the way.  I'm thinking now I may need to use a couple 30 pin daisy chain cables.

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Mach4 General Discussion / USB Smoothstepper USS 5 axis with Mach4
« on: August 18, 2016, 12:23:35 PM »
Wow!  I've hit a wall with Mach4.  I need some advice.  I have a very small 5 axis CNC with xyzab axis, 5 Gecko 251 drives and I need to run it using mach4 in Windows 7 64bit.  Ok can someone tell me if the USB Smoothstepper USS from warp9 and a C25 BOB from CNC4PC will get my 5 axis running?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 5-axis
« on: August 17, 2016, 07:31:21 PM »
Hi everyone

Well I purchased a PMDX 411 with Mach4 bundle thinking it would support 5 axis but it won't.  So I'm back to square one.  I love Mach4 so I intend to keep it but like Mach3 it won't support a 64 bit parellel port unless I'm mistaken.  If I am mistaken someone please correct me otherwise I need a solution.  Does anyone know of a parellel port adapter that will support 5 axis?

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Mach4 General Discussion / UC-100 and Mach4
« on: August 14, 2016, 10:00:57 PM »
Hi, will a UC-100 work with Mach4?  Also can I upgrade Mach3 to Mach4?

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Finished Screens / Mach 3 MPG mode for 5 axis
« on: August 14, 2016, 01:26:49 PM »
Hi everyone, so the MPG only has XYZA.  Is there a setting to get XYZAB or perhaps a plugin? 

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