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General Mach Discussion / Re: Harbor Freight Mini Mill Relay Spindle Motor

« on: March 22, 2017, 03:09:00 AM »

if i were to put a relay in series with the DC Motor would MACH3 turn the relay off and on

You would need a relay which has a coil capable of handling the current of the DC motor.

I assume its a 5 V from MACH3.

Not sure what you mean by this

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: m11 and m10 commands

« on: March 22, 2017, 03:03:03 AM »

Set Output#1 to the port and pin number which is connected to your laser trigger. Set active High / Low, as appropriate.

This Gcode will turn on Output#1 and activate the pin number you have specified above.

G0 Z0
M11P1
G0 Z1

(the G0 Z0 is only there to make sure that G0 Z1 is an actual movement as far as the DRO is concerned)

Can you explain what you mean by "when I look at the m11 m10 commands most of them are rem out"

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Martzis USB HID Interface card for LinuxCNC and Mach 3

« on: March 22, 2017, 02:38:19 AM »

My pleasure. 

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Scripter Compile Error

« on: March 22, 2017, 02:34:02 AM »

Hi Jay,

It's a text file so you can open it in notepad.

Correction to my earlier post as you may be using a profile other than Mach3Mill...

Bottom right of the main screen is your Profile: the M3.m1s file you need to look at is in the  Mach3 / macros / <your profile> folder.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Scripter Compile Error

« on: March 21, 2017, 11:35:01 AM »

Hi Jay,

In your Mach3 / macros / Mach3Mill folder is the file M3.m1s

The contents of that file is usually   DoSpinCW()

If the contents of that file have been changed and the syntax is incorrect then Mach3 will report the "Scripter Compile Error, In:M3.m1s" when M3 is called in your Gcode or MDI instruction.

Tweakie.
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Move Mach 3 To Another Computer

« on: March 21, 2017, 11:23:28 AM »

Hi Bruce,

There is a chance that Mach3Mill is the wrong profile for your machine.

Could you attach the Taig.xml (copy and rename it to Bruce2.xml) and I will check that one.

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Martzis USB HID Interface card for LinuxCNC and Mach 3

« on: March 21, 2017, 03:05:01 AM »

Try this 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Move Mach 3 To Another Computer

« on: March 21, 2017, 02:34:19 AM »

Hi Bruce,

I could be that your .xml file is corrupt and causing the problem.

If you attach your .xml file (the one from your current Mach3 folder) it is named <your profile>.xml we can check it for you.
Copy this file, rename it Bruce.xml and attach it using the Reply tab and Additional Options...

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: A axis kaput

« on: March 21, 2017, 02:26:59 AM »

when I signal Y axis movement, are the numbers for the A axis supposed to change as well??

No, just the Y axis.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Tool Auto Zero Script

« on: March 20, 2017, 03:09:23 AM »

Perhaps something like this ...

If IsOutputActive(OUTPUT5) Then
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT5)
Else
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT5)
End If

Tweakie.