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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 does not move axis at all in demo mode

« on: October 10, 2021, 06:03:37 AM »

The Mach3 breakout board you have shown in your earlier picture requires connection to your PC's Parallel Port. (n.b. The Parallel Port can only be used with 32 bit Operating systems).

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: complex turnings

« on: October 08, 2021, 09:33:59 AM »

Hi Marcel,

Good to hear from you again, has it really been 9 years ? ​
I always admire your excellent works of art and or course your skillful tool grinding to achieve those results.

Best regards,

Tweakie.

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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: Activation email

« on: October 08, 2021, 01:21:01 AM »

I have not heard of this before.
If the forum descriminates against certain email addresses then it would be a function of the SMF forum hosting service and unfortunately beyond our control.
Not much help but my best suggestion is that you continue to use an email address that is known to work without issue.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Custom Control Panel for Mach3 (and maybe Mach4)

« on: October 06, 2021, 03:10:16 AM »

Good thinking 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 does not move axis at all in demo mode

« on: October 05, 2021, 05:01:08 AM »

You do not need a license to get it working.

Only purchase the license when you have your machine working correctly and need to run a Gcode file greater than 500 lines of code.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Very strange bug

« on: October 02, 2021, 07:31:00 AM »

I am sure you are aware but before doing anything it would be wise to make a secure backup of your Mach3 folder before making any changes to settings, etc. - then there is always a way back if everything goes pear shaped 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Very strange bug

« on: October 02, 2021, 07:26:00 AM »

I don't know if this will help but assuming you have something corrupt within Mach3 try Operator / Restore Settings and select a time before the problem surfaced. You can also restore to an earlier date by manually selecting (and renaming) an .xml file from your Mach3 xmlbackups folder and transferring it to your Mach3 folder.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Very strange bug

« on: October 02, 2021, 06:51:00 AM »

I count 20 holes from your .tap file - how many are you getting ?

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Mach3 USB or Ethernet card that can run both x and z axes at same time in manual

« on: September 30, 2021, 06:40:09 AM »

Due to Mach3 license violation Novusun / Digital Dream products such as the EC300 are not supported by this forum. If you want reliability then the EU or USA manufactured motion controllers are the way to go - the Chinese controllers should be avoided.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach 3 Skipping Code

« on: September 30, 2021, 06:33:25 AM »

Perhaps post your problem Gcode then we can take a look and hopefully suggest a solution to the problem.

Tweakie.