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General Mach Discussion / 3020T-DJ running on plasma, turning but not milling....help
« on: February 06, 2016, 08:05:05 AM »
Hello all,
I have been hammering my head for a while now and hope you guys can help me out (didn't know where to place this issue).
Some time ago I purchased a 3020T-DJ
It worked for a short while and stopped. I checked the settings for the serial port to be at EPP. I'm running on a PC rather then a Laptop etc.
I have been through quit some posts.
But this puzzled me and was ready to pull the controller card to see if I had bad components.
The following is happening:
I turn on the pc and I get the "thunk" of the servos energizing and blocking up.
I start Mach3 and for some reason it started telling me that it needs an external stop when I reset. I do that and I can reset fine. Btu power up the emergency stop and it requests it again
I'm not near a Flat screen tv or anything. With other words I have no interference affecting the signals.
So before I pull the boards and many re-installs and 3 computers to try it on, I decide to see what the plasma and turning program that get installed with Mach3, do.
And believe it or not it runs. Only 2 axis of course but it works so it is not my board and not my communication.
If I put it on the turning program it runs my feed (z) and my y axis. when I run the Plasma program it runs my feed and my X axis.
Oh and I'm running on Windows 7
What else do I need to do to get the milling program to work.
Thanks in advance
I have been hammering my head for a while now and hope you guys can help me out (didn't know where to place this issue).
Some time ago I purchased a 3020T-DJ
It worked for a short while and stopped. I checked the settings for the serial port to be at EPP. I'm running on a PC rather then a Laptop etc.
I have been through quit some posts.
But this puzzled me and was ready to pull the controller card to see if I had bad components.
The following is happening:
I turn on the pc and I get the "thunk" of the servos energizing and blocking up.
I start Mach3 and for some reason it started telling me that it needs an external stop when I reset. I do that and I can reset fine. Btu power up the emergency stop and it requests it again
I'm not near a Flat screen tv or anything. With other words I have no interference affecting the signals.
So before I pull the boards and many re-installs and 3 computers to try it on, I decide to see what the plasma and turning program that get installed with Mach3, do.
And believe it or not it runs. Only 2 axis of course but it works so it is not my board and not my communication.
If I put it on the turning program it runs my feed (z) and my y axis. when I run the Plasma program it runs my feed and my X axis.
Oh and I'm running on Windows 7
What else do I need to do to get the milling program to work.
Thanks in advance