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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mcX360 Mach4 Controller Plugin

« on: September 18, 2017, 08:05:54 AM »

Yeah i'm not into writing script as its too hard for me.  I was looking for something with a configuration screen built in like it is on Mach3 ? Why cant there be a configurator made for Mach4 ?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mcX360 Mach4 Controller Plugin

« on: September 18, 2017, 02:57:21 AM »

Is this project still active as i wanted to give Mach4 a try with my xbox controller but i want to be able to configure it like it was in Mach3 ?  I see this post has not been updated since 2016 which is a worry it might be dead ?

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: ESS smoothstepper dissconnects from mach3 problem ?

« on: September 16, 2017, 08:13:23 AM »

Thanks Tweakie will do that now.

Cheers.

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SmoothStepper USB / ESS smoothstepper dissconnects from mach3 problem ?

« on: September 16, 2017, 06:30:52 AM »

Hi guys,

New to CNC and just finished building a new CNC milling machine with a ESS and am having a problem with it dropping its connection with Mach3 all the time?

I have the Ess connected to a new PC i built for the CNC mill running win7 64bit. 8gb ram core i3 cpu. No anti virus or other programs . Just Mach3 and windows7.

Ess is connected to a Homann designs MB-02-V6 Bidirectional Breakout Board.  Power by a 5v 3a meanwell power supply. Shielded cable from power supply to BOB and ESS. Shielded cable for everything in the control box basically. all shields earthed at control box end only to mains ground.

I have everything up and running but every few mints Mach3 says it has lost connection with the smooth stepper and needs to be shut down and restarted. It happens from anywhere from 1 minuet to 15 minuets after starting mach3. not machining anything just setting up mach3 at this stage.

Its getting bad to the point i dont trust it to be able to function as a cnc machine like this. I thought the ess was supposed to be the best motion controller too ?

I have tried many settings in mach3 but nothing seems to have any affect ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Tim.