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General Mach Discussion / Re: Testing for Missed Steps

« on: November 01, 2016, 02:06:54 AM »

Just a suggestion…

You should regard increasing the Debounce as a sticky plaster rather than a cure and you really need to address the cause of the problem which, from what you say, could well be electrical noise.
As a first step, check that your limit/home switches (and Estop) use good quality shielded cable, with the shield connected to a ‘single point Earth’ at the controller end only.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer set up

« on: October 28, 2016, 02:04:20 AM »

Hi Kevin,

The Settings screen (Alt-6) has an axis calibration feature (set Steps per Unit).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer set up

« on: October 27, 2016, 04:47:29 AM »

Do you have access to your old PC hard drive?, if so then the <your profile> .xml file (in the old Mach3 folder) will contain all your previous Mach3 settings. If you copy that .xml file to the Mach3 folder of your new PC then you should be good to go.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: EZ-Router Mach 3 Gremlins

« on: October 27, 2016, 02:21:43 AM »

Which axis is it that is doing the shaking ?
Is it the one with the slaved motors ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new computer set up

« on: October 27, 2016, 02:18:36 AM »

On the Settings page check that the A Axis is not Inhibited.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: z axis reverse

« on: October 27, 2016, 02:05:37 AM »

Go into Config. / Ports and Pins then change the Dir. LowActive state for the Z axis.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie with a problem

« on: October 27, 2016, 01:58:41 AM »

Excellent result - I am pleased to hear your machine is up and running.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Coordinate Spaces - a Guide

« on: October 26, 2016, 05:28:08 AM »

Excellent work Roger, that certainly does deserve a place in our Members Documents section.

Tweakie.

2539

SmoothStepper USB / MOVED: UC100 w/C11GS Breakout Board

« on: October 26, 2016, 04:32:28 AM »

This topic has been moved to General Mach Discussion.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=33490.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie with a problem

« on: October 26, 2016, 03:12:05 AM »

It looks like your controller may have been designed just for Kellyware and may not be suitable for Mach3 operation – it certainly does not appear to be one of the current, commercially available, controllers.

However, it is driven by the parallel port so check in Windows Device Manager for the LPT parallel port address and make sure this address is entered for Port 1 in Mach3 and that it is enabled (it is typically 0x378). Then in Config. / Ports & Pins / Motor Outputs enable just one axis then try every combination of output pin numbers for the Step and Direction also Step Active High / Low (with Step and Direction Ports set to 1) and see if you can get any axis movement.

It’s a long shot but who knows ?

Tweakie.