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I have so many questions, but I will start with why in the world would Mach remove the Diagnostics tab in there screens??
The big question I have and has been beaten to death but I still cannot figure it out is why can I not get A) any of the axis to back off of the homing switch when I use the switch as a dual limit and home? B) if I disable the limits and just have the switches as home then all the axis back off except Z and I have to actually give it an offset to retract from the switch? C) why won't Z axis go to its work zero when called to but all others do?
I have been putting this off now for over a year and I just expanded my table to 10' so I thought it would be a good time to make the dreaded change. I am sure I am missing something easy so any help would be appreciated.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Loss of license
« on: July 06, 2022, 01:18:01 PM »
Hi
I have not used Mach4 in a few months because I am still attached to 3 but I started back up a few days ago to continue set up and noticed that my license has been removed. I am 100% I loaded it and even had the email file still on desktop. I tried to reload it and it said it was not recognized. Had to create a new license which is not a big deal unless I have to do this every few months. Any thoughts? 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 license Debug Report
« on: March 22, 2022, 02:42:08 PM »
I have downloaded a new licence for a computer I am trying on my cnc and I loaded it complete with a message of LICENCE LOADED SUCCESFULLY and now I am getting a debut error and it will not go away. Now I cannot even open the software no matter what I do. Has anyone seen this??

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Mach4 General Discussion / VFD Mach 4 Config with C11G BOB
« on: February 24, 2022, 10:36:30 PM »
WOW am I having problems setting up Mach4 with my VFD and C11G board. Is anyone able to point me in a direction to configure this?? Just FYI I have this all configured in Mach 3 and everything is working perfectly. I am making the move to Mach4 and this is my last struggle that I have been on for weeks. The pin 14/16 enabled and mapping Mach is a little confusing and very little tutorial videos available.

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 Question
« on: January 16, 2022, 05:46:29 PM »
Possibly a Mach4 question as well but I am all of a sudden experiencing so odd behavior with my machine that I am trying to understand but I am wondering, if you create zero work offset (G54) then hit save all settings and you have a glitch of some kind why wouldn't Mach remember that G54 offset and revert back to an offset that was set a long time ago?
Do you actually have to go into the offsets table to set the G54? Why wouldn't it store the last offset from main screen and lets say you power off your machine, next day shouldn't it remember the lase set G54 offset and use that? Sorry I hope this isn't to confusing.

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Can anyone tell me why Z will not go to work zero when required? Also why does the error AXIS 3 commanded while disabled keep coming up and when you enable it I get a Axis mapping error? This is a slave axis and shouldn't be enabled?? I am NOT a computer programmer. 

What does this mean

-- Go To Work Zero() function.
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function GoToWorkZero()
    mc.mcCntlMdiExecute(inst, "G00 X0 Y0 A0")--Without Z moves
    --mc.mcCntlMdiExecute(inst, "G00 G53 Z0\nG00 X0 Y0 A0\nG00 Z0")--With Z moves

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Mach4 General Discussion / Where is the Auto Zero Touch plate button?
« on: December 30, 2021, 08:35:58 PM »
Why is there not an auto zero touch plate button in Mach4 like 3 has? IIs this a plugin that needs to be installed? Any videos that I am missing someone could direct me to? I just purchased 4 and there are a ton of differences from 2019 to today. I dont see it in any of the optional screens either???

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Mach4 General Discussion / Homing A axis
« on: December 29, 2021, 10:18:30 PM »
Is it possible to have the A axis home without removing it as the Y slave? I want to make sure the gantry is squared every time I home and I am not sure why A will not home individually?

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General Mach Discussion / How does Mach send the PWM back to SuperPID?
« on: August 02, 2021, 07:47:48 PM »
Hi,

Is there anyone that could help me understand how Mach talks to the PID to modulate the RPM? Does Mach need to see an RPM to calculate the Pulse back to the PID? I can turn the router on and off through Mach but it will not control the RPM  its just wide open and when you turn on the spindle I see no RPM in Mach. I see RPM on the PID but I am wondering if this is a calculation or if I am missing a wire back to Mach to see the RPM? There is no videos that helps to set up Mach3 for spindles or trouble shooting. I would appreciate any input on this.

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General Mach Discussion / Z homing not retracting
« on: July 01, 2021, 04:07:57 PM »
OK I am confused and hope someone can help. I have now disabled the limit switch as an estop and have it as a homing sw only. All other axis work as they should. The Z axis runs to the Pos home switch, triggers the switch and then stops. It will not retract off of the switch. Any reason for this??
I am under the impression there is no settings in Mach for retracting, it just moves until the switch opens again then stops??

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