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Mach4 General Discussion / Newbie trying to understand mach 4

« on: December 21, 2015, 01:13:25 PM »

Hi...

Ive gooten mach 4 as a replacement to the clunky but working winpc nc... however I'm finding it quite difficult to get mach 4 operational. These are the problems I am having. So far I have a high z machine and I can control the motors fine so i have comms etc

1. The first problem is homing the device. In winpc nc it would go to xyz 000, but i have no idea how to do this with mach 4 it just keeps crashing into the sides. How do i fix this?
2. The tool path... when I loaded the software initiallY i could see the complete toolpath and build on screen now I only see part of it... just a red line at a right angle. i have no idea how to restore it. Is there a factory reset?
3. Winpc nc was pretty buggy so We had to write a converter to change x + to x- and y+ to y - in some cases. So now the axis are the wrong way around again. rather than having to rewrite the converter is there any simple way to switch the polarity of the axis?
4. How do I change A to E axis? again i can rewrite the compiler but I'd rather change the settings in mach 4.

thanks! I have more questions but they are my main problems right now...

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Mach4 General Discussion / How do I get mach 4 to run with Heiz xero3 controller?

« on: December 11, 2015, 03:23:09 PM »

h!

I have a connection with the machine. I can see the input signals and I can hear very weak movement from the motors on the machine. However I've gone through all the settings looked through all of the mnauals but have no idea how to get the motors to move...

Any ideas?

Thanks

Jem