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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn stops after 150 lines

« on: October 23, 2018, 07:05:35 AM »

Just out of curiosity    What was the problem with the license  ??

Tweakie.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Programmers Reference Manual for Mach3 Version 4?

« on: October 23, 2018, 04:24:01 AM »

I presume V4 was alluding to Mach 4?

Mach3 Version 4 was not the Mach4 that we know today.

Amongst other things, Version 4 incorporated the Tempest Planner with it's 'S' curve Acceleration / Deceleration and this enabled quite a considerable reduction in the job time for 3D machining but, for one reason or another, Version 4 was never fully completed. It was finally decided that a total re-write was in order - Mach3 was dead and Mach4 was born.

Just for posterity, I still have and use a development version of Quantum Mill with it's 'S' curve.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn stops after 150 lines

« on: October 22, 2018, 02:08:52 AM »

Also I run the Drivertest.exe with 25kHz and 100kHz, look at the Pictures, booth times Mach3 says it is ok.

https://picload.org/view/dcarraal/img_20181021_200042.jpg.html
https://picload.org/view/dcarraaw/img_20181021_212059.jpg.html

Then I try it again, the demo mode doesn´t stop at Gcode line 50 but again at line 150.
At next I put the license into the folder and the result was the same like the demo mode.

That behaviour is a total mystery to me (all the documentation I have says it should stop around line 50 when in demo mode and the driver installed). I can only guess that changes were made to later versions of Mach3 to allow it to run up to 150 lines of code when in demo mode.
From the above example, after you put your license into the Mach3 folder - clicking Help / About...  does it show your name as Licensed to...  ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn stops after 150 lines

« on: October 21, 2018, 06:17:31 AM »

Drivertest.exe is in your Mach3 folder.

Tweakie.

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Spanish / Re: cambio de herramientas automatico

« on: October 21, 2018, 06:03:45 AM »

Hi,

TPS is the expert and I am sure he will find the answer for you in your other thread.  http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,38564.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn stops after 150 lines

« on: October 21, 2018, 05:52:09 AM »

I apologize for not being able to explain this clearly enough but please let me try again...

If you cannot run Drivertest.exe on any particular PC then the parallel port drivers are not installed and you will be able to run your Gcode file to the end (with or without your license file being installed).

If you can run Drivertest.exe successfully on any PC then the parallel port drivers are installed and Mach3 will only run 50 lines of Gcode without your license file being installed.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G and M code for beginners

« on: October 21, 2018, 04:55:17 AM »

 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Difficulty Loading Mach3

« on: October 21, 2018, 01:59:15 AM »

I presume you are using Win7 or Win10.

There are a couple of threads at the start of this section which detail some problems and the solution.

Hope this helps.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn stops after 150 lines

« on: October 21, 2018, 01:50:30 AM »

Hi,

In simulation mode or without the driver installed Mach3 Turn will run without any line limitation with or without a license file installed. It is only when the driver has been installed that the 50 line limit applies.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G and M code for beginners

« on: October 21, 2018, 01:42:08 AM »

I don't think you are reading the information in the links I have provided  

Section 10 of the manual describes the F and S commands and if you look up G43 it describes the H parameter and it's function.

Was there any other question ?

Tweakie.