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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can’t get Probe to Work

« on: March 03, 2016, 04:47:56 AM »

Well Gentlemen, I have been following with great interest and I think you may have given this it’s best shot. This self-same issue with the C10 BoB has, to my knowledge, come up twice in the past and neither time was it resolved in a satisfactory manner.

I really thought that the passive 120R would do the trick but it looks like an active solution – perhaps a simple inverter or opto-isolator may be required if the C10 is to be used (short of attacking the circuit board and removing the damn pull-down).

Overall, I think replacing the C10 with something better may be the way forward.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 02, 2016, 11:04:53 AM »

Excellent catch Fixittt I think the missing port 1 entries have been the problem.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 02, 2016, 09:06:11 AM »

I will keep my fingers crossed. 

Tweakie.

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Tangent Corner / Bang.

« on: March 02, 2016, 05:59:21 AM »

Don't you just love it when your workmates have a real sense of humor ??

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: Wiring Limit, Home and E-Stop Switches

« on: March 02, 2016, 05:46:16 AM »

Thanks if I have anymore questions I will get back to you you are the only one that I get a straight answer from.

That's probably because I don't know as much as the others. 

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: Wiring Limit, Home and E-Stop Switches

« on: March 02, 2016, 05:31:46 AM »

Yes, it should be no problem (I do that without issue) but if you are using a VFD then do not run the spindle supply feed in the same track.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New user

« on: March 02, 2016, 05:00:38 AM »

Welcome.

It is that simple but like all things they are a lot easier once we know how. This series of documents may make helpful reading... http://www.vectric.com/support/introduction-to-cnc.html

It may also be helpful to read the Mach3 manual (skip the parts that you don't understand and return to them another day) http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/

Just take your time, learning as you go, it's a very exciting journey.

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: Wiring Limit, Home and E-Stop Switches

« on: March 02, 2016, 02:35:05 AM »

Hi is it best to wire all the limit switches in series including the home switches. By this I mean just using 2 wires so all the switches are all connected in 1 circuit with only using 1 pin.

If you are using a 'slaved axis' then you need the switches for one of these axes on a separate input in order to allow for squaring the gantry on homing.
Your home switches can be your limit switches if you wish.
Other than that yes they can all be connected in series and connected to one input pin but use shielded cable with the shield only connected to Earth at the controller end.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: loading mach3 drivers /windows 7/ 32bit

« on: March 02, 2016, 01:33:08 AM »

Re-install Mach3 and run the install as Administrator.
Follow the on-screen instructions for also loading the parallel port driver.

If you have already done that and it makes no difference then sorry but I have run out of suggestions.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: loading mach3 drivers /windows 7/ 32bit

« on: March 01, 2016, 12:45:28 PM »

If there is a 25 way Cannon D connector on the rear of the PC then there is a pretty good chance that you have a parallel port (it was many years ago that they discontinued using those connectors for serial communication).

Assuming you do then run DriveTest.exe (Mach3 folder) and see if that cures the problem.

Tweakie.