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General Mach Discussion / Re: Used EStop and now steppers aren't working
« on: July 21, 2015, 09:56:10 PM »
I just wanted to update you all to let you know what's going on.
Not that I have very solid information to update with, but here's what I do have:
I installed the xml profiles from cncrouterparts and tried running from that profile.
This time my estop would NOT reset and it kept saying external Estop requested.
Also every time I hit the reset button, for that very split second that I hit the reset, it would turn on at least on stepper.
I tap the reset again and it turns on a stepper at that very moment.
I probably did it 10 or more times just because I was happy that it was at least doing something.
Then I tried the old profile that I had and it was working again.
I either changed something or something got changed on its own, but now my Y axis steppers are moving in opposite directions.
I'm going to try and figure this one out on my own, because I know I've dealt with this several years ago when I first set this all up.
I just wish I knew how to get around in this Mach3 software better. I feel like one little thing goes wrong and I have no clue what to do.
I think if I HAD to use it more, I would know how to use it, but I pretty much set it up years ago and it has worked flawlessly until just the other day so now that i need to know how to do something, I am clueless.
I appreciate all of you for trying to help me. I know it can be difficult trying to help someone from hundreds or thousands of miles away and even more difficult when you're talking with someone as stupid as myself regarding the subject.
I'm going to make sure I make backup instructions of my settings once I get this all figured out so that next time I will at least have a reference to go back to what worked before.
Thank you all again. I appreciate the attempts to try and help out someone who probably doesn't know 1/100th as much as any of you knew back when you knew 1/100th what you know now.
It feels good to be close to being back up and running again.
Best Regards,
Blain
Not that I have very solid information to update with, but here's what I do have:
I installed the xml profiles from cncrouterparts and tried running from that profile.
This time my estop would NOT reset and it kept saying external Estop requested.
Also every time I hit the reset button, for that very split second that I hit the reset, it would turn on at least on stepper.
I tap the reset again and it turns on a stepper at that very moment.
I probably did it 10 or more times just because I was happy that it was at least doing something.
Then I tried the old profile that I had and it was working again.
I either changed something or something got changed on its own, but now my Y axis steppers are moving in opposite directions.
I'm going to try and figure this one out on my own, because I know I've dealt with this several years ago when I first set this all up.
I just wish I knew how to get around in this Mach3 software better. I feel like one little thing goes wrong and I have no clue what to do.
I think if I HAD to use it more, I would know how to use it, but I pretty much set it up years ago and it has worked flawlessly until just the other day so now that i need to know how to do something, I am clueless.
I appreciate all of you for trying to help me. I know it can be difficult trying to help someone from hundreds or thousands of miles away and even more difficult when you're talking with someone as stupid as myself regarding the subject.
I'm going to make sure I make backup instructions of my settings once I get this all figured out so that next time I will at least have a reference to go back to what worked before.
Thank you all again. I appreciate the attempts to try and help out someone who probably doesn't know 1/100th as much as any of you knew back when you knew 1/100th what you know now.
It feels good to be close to being back up and running again.
Best Regards,
Blain