I'm really disappointed that nobody can help understand why it stopped working.
If you followed advice given, rather than picking and choosing to rationalize what
what makes sense to youself, you would be farther along.
I have not been given anything tangible to look at. The problem is it worked one day and not the next, yet your suggestions make it seem like the machine never worked at all. Unfortunately I do not have the time to walk you through an entire CNC machine build to help you understand the problem.
Consider the following:
1. You were using a version of Mach which has problems along with improper code.
I'm working this angle right now but it will take a lot of time to reconfigure v62 and get the machine running with this version.
2. You were using an unlicensed copy of Mach. Threading does not work in unlicened
/ demo mode.
I haven't been running in demo mode for quite some time - I have a purchased license.
3. You were asked to use the standard screen set. Didn't even bother to configure it
and of course it won't work then.
See above, I tried that but it is too much work and I do not see how that would help. Maybe you can explain this in more detail.
Understand that when something is not working you go back to BASICS and confirm
things in a logical way so that there is no need for guessing. That allows others
to duplicate each step as you go through the process of elimination / confirmation.
Manny times from experience we can give that single fix, but when the variables are
many we need to go through a process.
FWIW,
RICH
I'm looking into it, but right now everything seems to be grasping at straws. Meanwhile I'm threading as a second op on a manual lathe!