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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 suddenly fails to load

« on: April 10, 2018, 03:45:39 AM »

I think you were lucky to get away with it for so long.
It has been said so many times in the past that the PC running Mach3 should be a dedicated machine controller and nothing else. If necessary it could be connected to a network but certainly never connected to the internet and downloading OS updates etc.

Get yourself a cheap, dedicated, PC with fresh install to run Mach3 and use your best PC for all the other stuff. 

Tweakie.

1832

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

« on: April 07, 2018, 05:13:12 AM »

Excellent work Bill.

Tweakie.

1833

General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing operation does not pulls back enough to get away from switch?

« on: April 05, 2018, 10:37:48 AM »

Has anyone else experienced "sudden unexplained" shifts ? 

Hi Philippe,

Are you using a genuine Mach3 license that is registered in your name ?

Tweakie.

1834

Screen Sets / Super Simple Screen Set

« on: April 05, 2018, 05:18:32 AM »

Here is an excellent Super Simple Screen Set created, for educational purposes, by Graham Waterworth.

The Mach3 Super Simple Screen Set: http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=35288.0;attach=48518

The Mach4 Super Simple Screen Set:  http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=35438.0;attach=46697

Tweakie.


Update:-

check out the new Lathe Screen sets :- https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=41385.msg271329#msg271329

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Ahoy there - I'm a pirate. Arrrrrr!!!

« on: April 04, 2018, 03:55:25 AM »

Hi Andre,

Not sure which version of Mach3 you are using but...
By popular opinion the recommended version is R3.043.062 and it can be downloaded from here : ftp://anonymous:guest@ftp.machsupport.com/Mach3/Mach3Version3.043.062.exe


Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Ahoy there - I'm a pirate. Arrrrrr!!!

« on: April 04, 2018, 02:48:46 AM »

Hi Andre,

Welcome to the forum.

The "MaoA˜A ¯Ðtonar" is indeed a Pirate License - a genuine license can be obtained directly from Artsoft :  http://www.machsupport.com/shop/mach3/

Tweakie.

1837

G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: help with mach 3 not running at g coded feedrate

« on: April 04, 2018, 01:22:33 AM »

Also in Port 1 pins current state I have 5 LED's in the upper row showing green.

Don't put too much faith in that, the Port 1 Pins Current State does not always work as it was intended.

Another thing to remember is that the G21 /G20 commands are Modal. (all good Gcode files will always declare G21/G20 as appropriate).

Tweakie.

1838

Post Processors / Re: DotG post processor for Mach3 Laser operation.

« on: April 03, 2018, 06:56:54 AM »

For those that are interested in DotG - I spent some time translating the User Manual and Post Processor Manual form Hungarian into English and these .pdf documents can be downloaded from here: http://dotg.weebly.com/download.html

Tweakie.

1839

G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: help with mach 3 not running at g coded feedrate

« on: April 03, 2018, 05:17:54 AM »

Hi Farv,

Welcome.

If your machine is set-up in Inch units and the Gcode file you are using has been compiled in Millimetre units then everything will be small unless...

Use Notepad to edit your Gcode file to add G21 (on a new line) at the start of the Gcode listing. This tells Mach3 that the file is in mm units and it will then scale the axis movements to match your machine units setup (hopefully).

Tweakie.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Macro for zero Piece not run... probably need of your help.

« on: April 03, 2018, 04:29:49 AM »

To avoid duplication this topic continues here; http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,36943.0.html

Tweakie.