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Brains Development / Re: Am I missing something?

« on: March 15, 2014, 12:50:03 PM »

In case anyone encounters this simialar situation. I uninstalled and re-installed  Mach3 and the problem went away.

J.

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Brains Development / Am I missing something?

« on: March 14, 2014, 09:41:42 PM »

Hello All,

No matter what I try I get a "brains load error" and mach3 will not read my brains file.

I have smooth stepper (ethernet) and  mpg connected to my computer  and the latest version of mach3 installed.

Some body please help.

Thanks,
J.

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General Mach Discussion / USB CNC control

« on: December 31, 2011, 12:32:24 PM »

Hello All,

Anyone have any experience with this product?

http://www.edingcnc.com/

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General Mach Discussion / Alternative to Smooth Stepper?

« on: September 01, 2009, 12:44:42 AM »

Hello All,

I want to use my laptop to run my mill.  And I know that many have had success with the Smooth Stepper board.  I need to be able to use the back lash comp with in the software.  Since the smooth stepper currently can not use this function, does anyone know of a similar board that does?.  Thank you in advance.

Jose.

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General Mach Discussion / mpg counts/unit selection.

« on: February 21, 2009, 01:56:12 AM »

Hello All,

I would like to know if it is possible to set up my diy MPG so that I can change the counts/unit value via a switch.  Currently all I have hooked up is the encoder and one switch, which toggles between the different axis. I am hoping to add a knob w/ 3 positions which select 3 different counts/unit of movement.  If any one has any experience with this please share with me your thoughts.

Thank you in advance,

Jose.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mpg encoder counts/unit.

« on: October 03, 2007, 11:15:31 PM »

I am using a CNC4pc Board C11 rev 3.1.  I am at home right now, can't remember what my counts/per unit is set at. I do recal though that one rev of the hand wheel yeilds .025" travel. Is it possilble to have Brains run a formula that will yeild different counts/unit?  My strategy is that if I can change the counts/unit via external input, I will be able to have different resolutions at the hand wheel.

Jose.

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General Mach Discussion / mpg encoder counts/unit.

« on: October 03, 2007, 02:19:32 AM »

Hello All,

I'm not sure if this is possible, but I would like to be able to chage the MPG counts/unit through an external input.  This way I can control how fast or slow the axis will move when controled whith an MPG.
Has any one  done somthing llke this?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: External LEDS

« on: October 03, 2007, 01:57:52 AM »

Thanks for the replies.  Yep, getting rid of the spaces in the file name fixes the problem. I'm on verssion 2.48.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: External LEDS

« on: October 01, 2007, 11:31:54 PM »

I created the attached brain and when I enable it, it causes Mach3 to shut down.  Any suggestions?

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General Mach Discussion / External LEDS

« on: October 01, 2007, 05:05:54 PM »

Hello All,

Does any one know how to light up an external led with Mach3?.  What I am trying to do is have 3 LEDs  on my home made MPG light up with the corresponding active axis.  I looked at the oem codes for the the LEDs on the Tab screen and figured out that they are 59 for the x axiis, 60 for the y axis, and 61 for the z.  This is as far as I can get.  I cant figure out how to relate these codes to an output signal.


Thanks,

Jose.