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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.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Disk access?

« on: February 10, 2017, 03:36:31 AM »

I don't think it is anything you need to worry about, I have been using Intel SSD's without issue for more than 12 months - having just checked, they still show 100% life remaining.

Under normal conditions Mach3 will not write to the HDD/SSD during runtime when using the parallel port for machine communication.
However, when using an external motion controller the Mach3 .xml file can, and often is written to during configuration parameter changes.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I/O card help

« on: February 10, 2017, 01:24:02 AM »

I am pleased to hear that you have it sorted.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 ruining parts

« on: February 08, 2017, 03:27:47 AM »

Amazing to see people using Mach 3 for PCB milling, pick n place, punch presses and 3d printing! I wonder if it would work with robot arms?

Mach3 does not do kinematics but it will accurately drive a robot arm if the GCode is produced using 'teach mode'. 

Tweakie.

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

« on: February 07, 2017, 10:01:13 AM »

So how do I actually post a question? This is the second time I'm asking in several hours.

This is the second time I have answered in about as long a time. 


Click on General Mach Discussion
Then Click on New Topic (towards top of screen)


Tweakie.

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

« on: February 07, 2017, 08:07:43 AM »

Hi Oliver welcome to the forum.

Click on General Mach Discussion
Then Click on New Topic (towards top of screen)

Easy as that 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Leadshine MX4660 - Reconfiguration estop

« on: February 07, 2017, 05:08:22 AM »

I am assuming you cannot get Mach3 out of Reset…

Check your actual EStop switch to make sure it is reset (closed circuit) and that it is connected correctly.
Try changing the Active State for EStop in Config. / Ports & Pins / Input Signals.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I/O card help

« on: February 07, 2017, 01:19:45 AM »

It takes 3-24 volts.  As you can see in the photo the +5V led is lit.  Not sure what that means.  Can I tap off that for current?

No.


As explained earlier, on your FP-48, the 10(+) terminal is connected to +12 volts (which is already available on the FP-48) and the 10(-) terminal is your probe input. Follow the instruction that come with your probe to connect it all up.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: z axis and xpod problem 6040z

« on: February 06, 2017, 07:03:54 AM »

I presume you are not using an XPod for wireless connection but a USB cable ?

If this is the case then any reference to xpod indicates some problems within the USB plugin for your controller. Try uninstalling and deleting the plugin and then re-installing.

Tweakie.