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General Mach Discussion / Re: Spindle control lost after PC computer changeover.

« on: June 12, 2012, 06:59:31 PM »

check the bios on the new computer to see if the parallel port setting is on ECP, if it is change it to EPP. This is known to stop the spindle signal.

You are fantastic! You did it... Changed from ECP to EPP and I am in business. Great, thank you very much! And YES, you are ANGEL!

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General Mach Discussion / Spindle control lost after PC computer changeover.

« on: June 12, 2012, 02:33:26 PM »

I wanted to streamline my installation and replaced an old big tower with a small desktop PC. Sorry for long winded interlude. I transferred the XML file to the new PC, everything seems to work, except the spindle will not turn. I have checked outputs on the DB25 with DVM, and they are same on both computers. I have the old one next to it and when I change it back, it runs fine. Any clever clogs there?

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FAQs / Re: touchscreen for mach

« on: May 20, 2012, 04:42:06 AM »

I still use a keyboard as I find onscreen keyboards fiddly, also I still have a trackball which I use for menu items especially. Pics below of two of my control panels, as you can see I also like real buttons/switches for the most used functions.
Hood

very impressive, thanks!

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FAQs / Re: touchscreen for mach

« on: May 19, 2012, 05:48:20 PM »

Do you still need a keyboard? What screen size and resolution is practical please?
thx a lot.