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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pin Test

« on: September 06, 2016, 01:30:14 AM »

If you have set up Mach3 so that pin 2 is the X axis Direction pin and you have set the Step port to 1 & Direction port to 1 then yes the pin voltage should toggle between TTL high and TTL low (measured between pin 2 and pin 25) when pressing the left and right arrow keys - provided; the X axis direction pin is enabled, Jog on/off is enabled, the X axis DRO changes value (increase/decrease) and that the correct address has been entered for Port #1 also that it has been enabled.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pin Test

« on: September 05, 2016, 12:17:11 PM »

You are correct regarding which pins are inputs, outputs and GND.

However, I don't think that all unconnected input and output pins will automatically be at 0 volts.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Long programs crashing

« on: September 05, 2016, 10:55:22 AM »

Hi guys,

If it’s of any interest there is a coil winder screenset here;  http://www.machsupport.com/software/downloads-updates/screensets/
It was never completely finished but it has all the required elements to do the job.

Tweakie.

( Just to make you smile, I adapted that screen for a guitar string winder and there are some details here; http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,28721.0.html )

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M4 Licence Clarification

« on: September 05, 2016, 03:03:00 AM »

Hi All,
just bought a licence for M4 and just to dip my toe in the water Darwin...

Craig

Now the fun begins 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Long programs crashing

« on: September 05, 2016, 02:33:48 AM »

My guess is that it is an electrical noise issue rather than an A axis counter - try increasing the Debounce Interval (Config / General Config.) to 2000 and see if that prevents the E-Stop being triggered.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pin Test

« on: September 05, 2016, 01:24:49 AM »

Welcome to the forum.

Something is not quite right there as pins 18 to 25 are defined as signal GND so I think they should all be at the same potential (they are all at the same potential on my PC but perhaps some PC's are different ?).

Please see section 4 of the Mach3 manual http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M4 Licence Clarification

« on: September 04, 2016, 06:15:08 AM »

What I really need to know is whether it is permissible to have two active copies,
one on my machine controller and another on my laptop for test/development
purposes but not actually running a machine?

That is just fine (It's exactly what I do  ).

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need setup help for smoothstepper and C25S BOB

« on: September 02, 2016, 03:17:50 AM »

This thread continues here http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,33197.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: September 02, 2016, 03:13:12 AM »

My name is LARRY James I'm NEW TO THIS FORUM I would like to enter my questions in the correct forum I'm trying to setup a 7x14 mini lathe with stepper motors my motors have a 1/16 micro step I have been told multiply 16x200 which equals 3200 MY LEAD SCREW HAS 8 THREADS PER INCH which would equal 25,6000 i would like to verify these numbers to see if they are correct could I get someones help with this the docs in Mach4 say that 200 is for mm and not for standard

Hi Larry,

Your figures are almost correct (you made a typo - we all do that  )

Your stepper motor has 200 steps per revolution, your driver is set to operate in 1/16th microsteps (200 x 16 = 3200 steps per revolution). Your lead screw has 8 turns per inch so 3200 x 8 = 25600 steps per unit (the figure to be entered in Motor Tuning).

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: It's alive

« on: September 02, 2016, 01:29:49 AM »

Does this forum allow photos?

Use the Reply tab (not Quick Reply) then Additional Options will let you choose a file, photo, etc. to attach (n.b. the attachment has to have a unique name).

Tweakie.