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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Made a drag knife spending just AUD$4

« on: March 15, 2019, 09:10:07 AM »

Excellent 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Crashing !

« on: March 14, 2019, 10:45:31 AM »

Now to find some CAD program that will draw gears among other things that is simple to use

Take a look at Gearotic Motion;  http://www.gearotic.com/

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One on one phone support. / Re: License key emailed to me

« on: March 14, 2019, 02:23:49 AM »

Hi Plasron,

Sorry to hear that you are having problems.

Please contact NFS directly via their ticket system and all will be explained.  http://support.machsupport.com/

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How to slave an axis with different steps per

« on: March 13, 2019, 11:21:07 AM »

Mach3 will always send the same Steps per Unit to each axis in the slaved pair.

Would it be possible for you to change the microsteps setting for your C axis driver to make them 2.25 greater than the microsteps for your Y axis driver ?
I think it is doubtful, but if that could be done then the Steps per Unit could be adjusted to create the correct scale.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Respect

« on: March 13, 2019, 10:16:48 AM »

Hi Bill,

I think everybody will agree with me - Thank you for your kind words.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 on Win7 32 bit BUT 64 bit processor

« on: March 13, 2019, 06:11:14 AM »

All is well that ends well 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 on Win7 32 bit BUT 64 bit processor

« on: March 13, 2019, 02:20:38 AM »

You will not be able to use the Parallel Port with a x64 processor even if the OS is 32 bit. I tried it with Win10 and caused a devastating crash. 

If that was the case, than Mach3 wouldn't run on most of the PC's it does indeed run on.

The issue is with Windows 8 and up, as mentioned above.
Most processors have been 64 bit for a very long time.

If that is the case then I stand corrected.

Tweakie.

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Brains Development / Re: MODBUS and Mach3 Signals

« on: March 12, 2019, 08:36:12 AM »

Now I realize that no one will help me with my "problem". Thanks....

That is just not true.
There are many here that are willing to help - it is just that you are asking for something that is just not practical.

Tweakie.

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Brains Development / Re: MODBUS and Mach3 Signals

« on: March 12, 2019, 07:16:35 AM »

Until now I have done many fine things with "old Mac3".... And I will keep doing...

Excellent 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Turning on the relay causes a 'limit switch triggered' error

« on: March 09, 2019, 10:01:21 AM »

I put in a value of 1000 and with that the relay would trigger properly and the job would start as well. However, I have started getting random failures with a 'Limit switch triggered' message. I then increased it to a value of 6250 (the equivalent of 250ms). With this, it still randomly stops but there is a significant delay now before the job fails - still randomly. The stepper wires are shielded but not the limit switches and the estop.

This confirms that it is indeed electrical noise and you now need to check your wiring layout to see where improvements can be made.

I think you have already identified the problem...
All inputs (limit switches, EStop, etc) should be connected with twin shielded cable (with the shield connected to a single point Earth at the controller end only). If you do this then you should be able to reduce the debounce value to a sensible value of about 500.