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General Mach Discussion / Creating a duplicate profile on Mach3 for metric

« on: November 02, 2018, 06:14:08 AM »

Hi Guys. This may sound a simple question to most of you but can anyone outline what I need to do to create a 2nd profile which I can set up as metric. Can I get a 2nd icon on the desktop?
Much Appreciated

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General Mach Discussion / Mach 3 Driver??

« on: October 27, 2018, 01:36:25 PM »

Hi guys. Another problem getting my machine to run. Have managed to get the demo version of Mach3 loaded onto machine but nothing on machine moves. I am convinced I have some sort of driver issue. Im using Windows 7 32 bit OK and my parallel port seems to be working. When I try the Driver test on the Mach 3 files it won't open and I get a red, like brick wall symbol. Should there be a unique driver that I am require to load? Have tried to load the special driver in same file but it fails to load properly, when I open software and toggle the arrow keys I can see software reacting on screen but no machine movement. I am new to all this and would really appreciate any advice which would get my machine running. Trev

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General Mach Discussion / Difficulty Loading Mach3

« on: October 20, 2018, 04:44:09 PM »

Hi. I am a newbie to the CNC router arena. Purchased a Chinese 3040 router on ebay. Very pleased with the hardware and have had it run on CNC-USB software but I would prefer Mach3.  Have had serious difficulty (and failed) to get the supplied pirate copy (I assume) of the Mach3 software to work, kept getting "Error starting after prep" message. (Loaded and unloaded it several times) The software did open OK, I was able to set machine parameters as advised on many YouTube videos and the digits moved as if the machine was jogging but the signal was not replicated in the machine.  Not totally happy about messing with the supplied pirate software anyway, I opted to download from Artsoft the demo copy of Mach3 with the good intention of buying the most recent version  once I confirmed I could load it satisfactorily. To my disappointment, even with the CNC machine completely disconnected, when I go to open up the Mach3 Mill icon, my computer closes down and goes to safe operating mode. When I remove the demo software everything on my computer works as normal. I am at a loss as to my next steps, all checks of computer seem OK and the parallel port is confirmed as working OK. I am running Windows 7 32bit. Anyone had a similar experience or Any ideas or suggestions to get me going would be appreciated. Trev