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General Mach Discussion / Clearpath Servos are enabled, but wont move in Mach3

« on: April 12, 2022, 11:45:55 PM »

I can't figure out what I am doing wrong.  I have a C-10 BOB with USB smoothstepper.  I'm using the standard cable from Teknic for the servos and verified my wires are pinned correctly inside my enclosure.

The LED on the servo is rapidly blinking green. I have my white and black wires connected to pins 2 and 3 and the yellow and brown wires connected to ground.

I connected the software to tune the motor and that worked fine, but nothing happens in Mach3.

I have tried changing several settings but I feel like I'm missing something and cannot seem to find a configuration guide for Mach3.

Any ideas?

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General Mach Discussion / 4th Axis jerky - Acceleration differences between A and XYZ?

« on: March 22, 2021, 08:32:42 PM »

I've read a ton of posts trying to figure out why my 4th axis isn't smooth. I've eliminated smoothing (fusion 360 option), CV settings in Mach3, computer performance, disabled toolpaths to see if that helps. I think the issue is acceleration differences between A and the XYZ axes. My XYZ are set to 100 IPM, my 4th axis is set to 2500. If I set my A axis to 100 IPM its impossibly slow. Are there any tricks smooth this out?

https://youtu.be/Cz8HDmt4FTA