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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach don't control the spindle switch

« on: March 28, 2008, 06:47:03 AM »

hey, thanks evrybody.. it's working now.

the cause of all this was the MaxNC seting , it overides evrything and i couldn't realise that cause the table was moving fine, i even had diffrent pins for the X motor that's why i loosed x movement when maxnc was disabled.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach don't control the spindle switch

« on: March 27, 2008, 02:41:28 PM »

i'll do that tomorow first thing when i get to the shop.

i'll ask Dubble to post the driver specs, it's only one board controling 3 axis

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach don't control the spindle switch

« on: March 27, 2008, 12:17:24 PM »

@Jeff yes it's working like u said but only with MaxNC disabled .. and my motors don't work without MaxNC enabled..

so i have 2-3 options, use diffrent drivers,use diffrent software or wait for a miracle
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach don't control the spindle switch

« on: March 27, 2008, 10:32:10 AM »

i got the driver board from dubble  @ www.cncdrive.com. and yes it's step/dir ... and stepper motors.

i'm very pleased with the suport and delivery time,  if i change the driver i will go for a servo package..

any ideeas of other setings that will work with maxcl enabled?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach don't control the spindle switch

« on: March 27, 2008, 09:56:48 AM »

with this setings it's trigering the relay .. but it's useless cause i don't have x-y movement

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach don't control the spindle switch

« on: March 27, 2008, 09:47:07 AM »

oh i forgot to copy the license..  anyway it makes no diffrence.

without maxcl my x-y axes don't move. (tried that too)

how do ppl normaly control the plasma ? i couldn't find any post with the same problem.

later edit.. its working without MAX CL ... i mean it switches .. but i lose y axis and x is moving in oposite direction

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach don't control the spindle switch

« on: March 27, 2008, 09:04:37 AM »

i tried with a diffrent cnc program an it controls the switch ... but i like mach3 and allready bought a license

here's the xml

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach don't control the spindle switch

« on: March 27, 2008, 06:24:28 AM »

i'm not using a spindle , i try to control the plasma torch on/off with that relay.

i tried with the motor controll unchecked and the spindle relays on.. nothing happens, tried the other way too.. relays off and motor control on still nothing.

if i leave the lpt tester program in background when runing a gcode in mach , the relay is switching on/off 2 times/sec but nothin with m3,m4 or m5 or the torch on/off button .


i installed a new version of mach.. still nothing.

 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach don't control the spindle switch

« on: March 26, 2008, 02:21:51 PM »

the guy who made the driver board gave me the setings.. and 5-6 hours of online support .. but we couldn't switch the relay..

 

 i will try and disable the motor control tomorow and see what happens but i'm pretty sure i've done that at some point

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach don't control the spindle switch

« on: March 26, 2008, 01:47:38 PM »

1 i have nothing at the motor tuning for spindle, didn't realize i should change something there, i only want to switch the relay on/off

2 i tested with the voltmeter, it get 2.7 volts always m3/m4/m5 changes nothing.

3 nothing is happening.

the relay only switches with the lpt program.

another thing i just found, when running a gcode program (generated with sheetcam) it switches 2-3 times/second.

u told another guy on the forum to use a macro for switching a weldinng machine on/off... this is kind of the same thing..

tx for your patience.