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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins and Ports for Fireball V90

« on: September 17, 2020, 08:02:24 AM »

What brand is the best will this one do???

Hard, if not impossible, to say which is the best but a motion controller that I use with Mach3 is the Warp9 ESS. https://warp9td.com/

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins and Ports for Fireball V90

« on: September 17, 2020, 01:04:50 AM »

I’m gonna buy a Mach3 supported motion controller and try that.

Buy one that is made in US or EU do not buy Chinese.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: PLEASE! Newbie needing help!

« on: September 16, 2020, 10:01:00 AM »

I have sent you a PM regarding the license terms.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: PLEASE! Newbie needing help!

« on: September 16, 2020, 08:39:50 AM »

I currently don't have more funds for to purchase software.

Hi Tim,

Welcome to the forum.

You will need a little extra cash for the purchase of the Mach3 license which can be obtained from here;  https://www.machsupport.com/shop/mach3/

Perhaps take a look at the free software from Scorch Works; http://scorchworks.com/Fengrave/fengrave.html & http://www.scorchworks.com/
that should get you started.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins and Ports for Fireball V90

« on: September 16, 2020, 01:23:48 AM »

Please can someone tell me correct Pins Ports and Motor values to plug into Mach3 to make my machine move I can take it from there on tuning just don't know Values and check marks to plug in to get started.

Unfortunately it is not quite as simple as that...
Your CNC-USB motion controller has to interpret the data which is sent in packets via the USB connection and currently it will not recognize Mach3 (irrespective of the Mach3 Ports & Pins settings).
You could try contacting Planet-CNC to ask if they have a suitable plug-in for your particular motion controller.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins and Ports for Fireball V90

« on: September 15, 2020, 01:16:06 AM »

From your last picture you have a CNC USB Motion Controller. This operates with the Planet-CNC software and does not require the use of Mach3.
I am currently unable to reach the new Planet CNC website but you should be able to download the necessary software and manuals from their old site here; 
http://old.planet-cnc.com/index.php?page=download

Tweakie.

EDIT;  The Planet CNC site is back up again & you can download from here; https://planet-cnc.com/software/

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General Mach Discussion / Re: My energized motors sound like a copper pipe in the wall running water

« on: September 14, 2020, 10:05:21 AM »

If you post your .xml file then we can check your Mach3 settings. You will have to rename the file to a unique name for the forum to allow it to be attached - elder.xml would be good.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins and Ports for Fireball V90

« on: September 14, 2020, 01:43:47 AM »

Does your machine have LPT Parallel Port or Ethernet ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z axis inconsistent movement

« on: September 14, 2020, 01:27:53 AM »

Hypothetically…

When a stepper assumes the nearest whole step position (from it’s current microstep position) it generally rotates the shortest distance.
If your Z move form 0 to 5 created a positive error and the move from 5 to 10 created a negative then one error would cancel the other.

Without knowing the actual equipment you are using I can only speculate. Perhaps post some detailed pictures of you controller and the associated electronics.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: September 14, 2020, 12:55:53 AM »

I’m a newbie to anything Cnc. I just won a chinacnczone 6090 machine at a local auction. It came with a pc thats rubbing mach 3. Along with cnc usb controller software. I do not have a clue what I’m doing. Where do I begin.

Reading the Mach3 manual may be a good place to start  https://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/

Tweakie.