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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help with noise problem

« on: February 14, 2017, 07:31:22 AM »

As soon as the XLR connector (with the sield connected to it) is in contact with the metal case and therefore with the star ground, the Y axis gains steps.

From what you have described it sounds like you have created an earth loop.
All shields should be connected to the Star Earth at the controller end only.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Recommendations on BEST Breakout Board by General Mach3 Users !

« on: February 14, 2017, 01:33:02 AM »

Hi George,

The CM106 has connections for Pul+, Dir+, Pul-, Dir- and that’s where they should be connected.

Tweakie.

1743

General Mach Discussion / Re: motors tuning

« on: February 13, 2017, 03:19:38 AM »

Steps per unit will depend on both the pitch of your ballscrew and the microstepping selected by your motor driver.

There is a calculator here : http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,16315.0.html
And an example here : http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,12512.0.html

Please also refer to your other posting : http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,34160.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hall of shame

« on: February 12, 2017, 04:44:22 AM »

I mentioned FASTERCNC.CO.LTD in an earlier post as a peddler of a Mach3 pirate license.
Now it appears that they are also using the name DDREAMCNC.CO.LTD to peddle the same Mach3 fake license.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 PWM Settings

« on: February 12, 2017, 01:53:07 AM »

I didn’t know that I have to switch the PWM controller on/off and I can’t locate where this setting is.

Section 5.5.5.2 of the Mach3 manual details the procedure.  http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Post Processor

« on: February 11, 2017, 03:05:20 AM »

What post processor do I pick when using VCarve pro 8.

firechief

Mach2/3 Arcs .... or  Mach2/3 ATC Arcs .... work just fine.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Anyone heard from Hood lately?

« on: February 10, 2017, 06:03:37 AM »

I just thinking the same thing, hope he is OK and not snowed-in up there.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Position Loss Issue

« on: February 10, 2017, 05:23:11 AM »

Try reducing your Velocity and Acceleration in Motor Tuning by 50 % for your X and Y axes (saving the changes for each axis).

Does your machine still loose position ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 DriverTest Blue Screen of Death

« on: February 10, 2017, 04:21:45 AM »

From my experience Mach3 seems to work best with WinXP.

Assuming you are going to use the parallel port for communication then any OS you choose to use must be 32 bit.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 DriverTest Blue Screen of Death

« on: February 10, 2017, 03:44:45 AM »

Not much help really but my best suggestion is that you try a different PC.

Tweakie.