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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Issue uninstalling SmoothStepper

« on: April 02, 2009, 03:44:23 PM »

Shouldn't be anything hogging the port seeing That I made this computer a dedicated pc for the machine with a fresh install of windows xp with nothing else.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Issue uninstalling SmoothStepper

« on: April 02, 2009, 02:58:15 PM »

Alright I swapped the pins and wires around and the dir pin still works right but the step doesn't The step always stays high on all three axises. So I take from that is that the port is working and so is the outputs but mach isn't outputting the step pulse. any ideas to why?

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Issue uninstalling SmoothStepper

« on: April 02, 2009, 02:31:57 PM »

the pulse freq is 23776 and the time in int is +10.6 thru +11.9. As a side note I have the spindle configured on the same port as the drives with the step and dir and the spindle works. I also used the port monitoring software to view the port status. when watching it I can see the charge pump output flashing and all the inputs working along with the outputs except for the step pins. you can see the dir pins flip flop when changing directions but nothing on the step. So it seems that mach isn't ouputing anything to the step pins.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Issue uninstalling SmoothStepper

« on: April 02, 2009, 01:40:10 PM »

OK I did that but still nothing. I checked the outputs and the dir pins toggle when I change dir but the step pins don't seem to pulse anything. Here is my XML file if its helps any.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Issue uninstalling SmoothStepper

« on: April 02, 2009, 01:14:01 PM »

I didn't, how do you do that? can I just change it?

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SmoothStepper USB / Issue uninstalling SmoothStepper

« on: April 02, 2009, 12:10:49 PM »

I'm having issues uninstalling a smoothstepper from mach3. I had everything running smoothly but decided to uninstall the smoothstepper and go to a parallel port design. My problem now is that the axises don't move. I left everything hooked up to the BOB so none of the wiring has changed. As for mach I just uninstalled it then reinstalled it, then set the config back up exactly as it was but now like I said the motors don't move. All the other inputs and outputs work except the motors. I'm thinking this has something to do with the way mach used to send data to the smoothstepper but I could be wrong. If any body has an idea let me know thanks.