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

« on: October 19, 2017, 07:45:19 AM »

Hi Jon,

Welcome.

You will be right at home - Gcode is just a cranky now as it was 27 years ago.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: text writev4

« on: October 19, 2017, 07:30:58 AM »

Have you entered the Direction ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z DRO depth reading incorrect??

« on: October 18, 2017, 08:24:02 AM »

It's really not something you need to worry about. 

Your stepper motors move in steps and the actual number of steps per unit of measurement may not be an exact number so the Mach3 DRO does not show an exact reading. This is not really an error because it is not cumulative and always corrected at the next move so you will always be able to make accurate parts.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hall of shame

« on: October 18, 2017, 06:22:44 AM »

Please beware that if you are considering purchasing a Mach3 license from Ebay – always buy from an authorised Artsoft dealer.
(I regularly report the Pirate license peddlers to Ebay but unfortunately little is done and they keep returning).

If you purchase your license from a non-authorised dealer you may be getting a Pirate copy - even if the seller can put your name on the license Mach3 may still recognise it as a Pirate license.

Please see earlier post; http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,24331.msg241127.html#msg241127

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Aspire and Laser

« on: October 18, 2017, 01:42:18 AM »

Hi Dave,

This may help;  http://hobbycncart.com/publ/cikkek/mach3_temaju_cikkek/switching_a_laser_under_mach_control/8-1-0-29

Perhaps also skip through this thread to see if there is anything of interest; http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,12444.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 3040T and Z Touchplate

« on: October 17, 2017, 11:00:51 AM »

It has to intercept a signal to the stepper motor...correct?....

NO

You take a wire from whichever Port and Pin is assigned as 'Probe' in Config. / Ports and Pins. This wire is connected to your 'touch plate'. If your cutting tool is not already connected to GND then you may need an additional wire. You then add a suitable script to the on-screen Auto Tool Zero button.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 3040T and Z Touchplate

« on: October 17, 2017, 07:50:13 AM »

This may help;  http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,10088.0.html

Tweakie.

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

« on: October 16, 2017, 01:34:29 AM »

Hi Sam,

Welcome.

There are quite a few varied Gcode files here for you to download and try.  http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,18345.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Axis movement

« on: October 13, 2017, 07:08:52 AM »

I agree with Rich and I think he sums it up well - the whole range of Chinese TB**** controllers really are nothing but trouble.

Tweakie.

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Feature Requests / Re: Laser Cutter and PPI

« on: October 13, 2017, 02:30:41 AM »

Please check out the M11P1/M10P1 commands for turning a laser ON/OFF and as Gary has mentioned the spindle 0% to 100% PWM signal can be used for controlling laser output power. M11P1/M10P1 and  PWM

Mach3 was never really designed to operate a laser so there is no actual provision to synchronize an adjustable digital output to axis velocity therefore d.p.i and p.p.i are not implemented.

However, the Mach3 Impact / Laser engraving plugin does a pretty good job of overcoming this limitation. It’s operation is considerably different to DSP systems and it takes a bit of practice to get its operation just right but, in my opinion, it is well worth the effort. Engraving.pdf    

If you skip through this thread you may find some items of interest. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,12444.0.html

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.