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General Mach Discussion / Re: driver watchdog question

« on: June 22, 2022, 06:53:52 PM »

I have not found anything yet, does anyone know if there is a oem code or button that i could use to make a macro to turn watchdogs off on every startup?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: driver watchdog question

« on: April 15, 2022, 06:12:00 PM »

Ok, so no one else has experienced the use watchdogs rechecking itself. It seems to occur when coming out of a wizard.

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General Mach Discussion / Parallel port driver

« on: December 24, 2021, 01:28:42 PM »

Dumb question. Is it possible to use an older parallel port driver (v2.63) on a newer version of mach3 (v3.043.045). I know these are installed when mach3 is installed but is it possible to change it?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: driver watchdog question

« on: August 22, 2021, 03:33:40 PM »

Mach3 always gets shut down properly. Its seems random when it rechecks itself. Or maybe it does so after using certain wizards.

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General Mach Discussion / driver watchdog question

« on: August 17, 2021, 03:31:46 PM »

I have wondered this for years. I always uncheck watchdog under general config and mach3 is happy. It will randomly recheck itself about once a month or so. I thought i would look into screen4 and just remove the checkbox so mach3 couldn't recheck it. But it looks like that is not possible. I cannot find the config page in screen4. Is there anyway to permanently disable this?

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General Mach Discussion / c axis spindle on a lathe strange problem

« on: August 08, 2021, 08:45:24 PM »

I have a lathe that uses an ac servo for the spindle motor. It is set up to function as a spindle motor but also a servo for c axis positioning. I've always struggled with the steps per unit (degrees). If i rotate at 10000 degrees per minute i get a different amount of rotation than if i rotate at 90000 degrees per minute. I've never been able to figure out why. I'm using version 3.043.045 as this allows the pokeys plugin and also better rapids than .062. I do not use rot 360 rollover so i can program 1000's of degrees to rigid tap to depth. So why does rotational speed affect the steps per degrees?

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: HSL with Servo products cnc control (Sort of an omniturn)

« on: April 25, 2021, 12:40:09 PM »

Here is mine in the process of converting to cnc.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Easiest way to back up config and restore to new system

« on: April 23, 2021, 07:28:17 PM »

I copy the whole mach3 folder. This way you back up xml, programs, macros, brains etc. To install on new pc, install mach3, delete all contents of mach3 folder and paste in backup contents.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 and servo motors =S

« on: April 23, 2021, 07:22:53 PM »

i run ac servos and clearpath servos. Everything from $400 machmotion breakout boards to $10 chinese boards. If it will run steppers, it will run servos.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe tool turret macro

« on: April 23, 2021, 07:19:15 PM »

I don't put m6 in my programs. Just T0101 and the macro does the changing.