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General Mach Discussion / Re: mirrored screen

« on: February 08, 2016, 11:32:27 AM »

The x axis was reversed, but the right arrow key moved the gantry in the correct direction. Being totally Mach 3 naive, I tied the two together in my head. Then I realized, with the help from all of you, that they are independent of each other. So I changed the x-axis direction, re-assigned the x hotkeys, and everything worked as it should. Thanks again...I'm learning! Now on to the soft limits.

John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mirrored screen

« on: February 07, 2016, 04:07:42 PM »

Yay!!!!! I figured it out and it was so easy that I feel a little stupid. I'm having too much fun with this, even the struggling with the unknown.

Thank you all!

John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mirrored screen

« on: February 07, 2016, 12:23:52 PM »

I'm heading down to my studio in 20 minutes, I'll check the hotkeys and the g-code. I'm so new to this that everything is a bit of a brain strain!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mirrored screen

« on: February 07, 2016, 12:01:03 PM »

the Y axis also moves in the wrong direction. What I'm having trouble understanding is, if all three axis move in the correct direction when I jog, where do I set the direction properly without changing the jog direction?

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General Mach Discussion / mirrored screen

« on: February 06, 2016, 10:05:51 AM »

Hi, I've just assembled my first cnc router, and am having an issue that I don't know how to solve. I've never used Mach 3 before, so my experience is very limited.

I have tuned the motors without any problems. And the direction of all three axis is correct. When I hit the right arrow, the gantry moves right, page up, z goes up, etc.

The problem that I'm having is that the cnc seems to be mirroring what's on the screen. My starting point is the lower left of the image on the screen, and when I'm running the g code, it starts from that point on the screen, but the gantry is going left instead of right. I have searched for an answer, without any luck. I'm only milling air at this point.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

John