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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can't get mach 3 to drive the machine after re-load

« on: July 31, 2018, 10:23:37 AM »

Assuming you are using the Parallel Port then another issue could be the output voltage. Old PC equipment was 5 Volt and new equipment is generally 3.3 Volt and may not be able to drive your controller correctly.
There are a number of solutions and one is to fit a PCI Parallel Port card which outputs 5 Volts - this thread may be of interest;  http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,34848.msg239910.html#msg239910

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General Mach Discussion / Re: help with mach3

« on: July 31, 2018, 06:55:14 AM »

Hi Petlaw,

Check that you have not accidentally clicked the Jog ON/OFF button (main screen).

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 pin 15 Always active

« on: July 31, 2018, 04:24:52 AM »

I presume you have Port#1 Pin 15 set as the Probe Input in Ports & Pins. Have you tried changing the Active Low state ?

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Summer greeting from Tokyo, Japan

« on: July 30, 2018, 02:02:51 AM »

Excellent work Yoshii, thank you for sharing it with us.

(I am pleased to see that the memory of Poipoy lives on).

Tweakie.

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Mach4 Videos / MOVED: StepsPerUnitCalculator

« on: July 30, 2018, 01:52:52 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=38034.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 pauses at M3 and M5 commands

« on: July 30, 2018, 01:50:17 AM »

The M3/M4/M5 commands are far too slow for laser work and as Gerry has mentioned you need to be using the M11P# / M10P# commands.

Even if you use the M11P#/M10P# commands you cannot directly transition from GRBL generated Gcode because under Mach the S#### commands will break the Constant Velocity chain and you will still have pauses which will create unwanted burn marks.

If you want to reproduce 8 bit photographic images then please have a stroll through this thread, a number of solutions are described; http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,12444.msg242678.html#msg242678

Tweakie.

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Mach4 Videos / MOVED: Z axis travels the wrong way when running a program

« on: July 29, 2018, 08:33:41 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=38031.0

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: ESS and Mach4 current status

« on: July 26, 2018, 02:09:55 AM »

do you guys know if or when warp9 wil upgrade their ess smotth stepper in order to use a torch height control system like the proma with mach 4 software?......i build this bad ass plasma table but im missing the most important part, the thc........and i cant since i i use mach 4 and have an ess smoth stepper. fml

It is my understanding that Warp9 are currently working on the ESS and Mach4 THC but it is not top of their priorities list so it may be a while before it is ready.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: doubt Macros VBScript

« on: July 26, 2018, 01:54:43 AM »

There is explanation and working examples in the Customising Mach2 manual;  http://www.machsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mach2_6.11_Custom.pdf

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Spindle On and Off- Please help

« on: July 25, 2018, 10:06:17 AM »

I don't think this is the answer but try...

In Config / Ports & Pins / Spindle Setup - note the Output# used for Clockwise (M3).
In Config / Ports & Pins / Output Signals – for the Output# noted above, change the Active Low setting.

Tweakie.