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General Mach Discussion / Re: What is my current feedrate?

« on: December 28, 2015, 05:24:57 AM »

I think you answered your own question F1 is the feed-rate (1 unit per).

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: I messed up with my new bench: EMF

« on: December 28, 2015, 02:03:59 AM »

Oh, I already have small caps on the stop and limit switches now, can't remember the size though.

They need to be 0.1uF

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Using f engrave

« on: December 28, 2015, 01:59:30 AM »

Perhaps try an engraving point (bit) at about 30deg. angle for your serial numbers. You may have to use multi-pass at increasing depths (dependent on the total depth you need).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Limit switch issues

« on: December 28, 2015, 01:50:22 AM »

just one more thing: my pins should be set to active high.....by doing this will I cause any "magic smoke" lol to come out of my electronics?

Because I can't see the switches being normally open, that would defeat the purpose wouldn't it? meaning they would SUPPLY power to the axis when triggered instead of cutting power to the axis......

According to your .xml your switch input pins are set to Active High.

Maybe a good idea to connect a multimeter (set to ohms) across each switch to see if they are N.O. or N.C.  ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: emergency mode active error

« on: December 27, 2015, 12:30:22 PM »

I am pleased you have it sorted. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Limit switch issues

« on: December 27, 2015, 12:27:03 PM »

Hi Mike,

You say your switches are wired in parallel and your .xml shows the switches (including EStop) configured as active High. This being the case your switches will be connected as normally open (N.O.) – check your EStop switch to make sure it is open circuit in the run position (they are normally closed circuit in the run position) otherwise it will not work with this configuration (which may explain why it has not been working and no port# had been allocated to it).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 reinstallation

« on: December 27, 2015, 04:15:47 AM »

The only other things, beside .set and .xml, to back-up (if you use them) are Macro's and Brains. Personally, I make a complete copy of the Mach3 folder (just in case).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Limit switch issues

« on: December 27, 2015, 03:13:06 AM »

Hi Mike,

Looking at your .xml file I notice that you do not have limit switches enabled – only home switches are enabled.
There is also a conflict (not serious but it should be avoided if possible) where X Home and EStop share the same LPT pin number 10. You also need to assign a port# to EStop.

Just to draw your attention to the relevant section of the manual…
• If you implemented configuration two from Section 4.5, you will probably have Home switches on the X, Y, and Z axes. Enable the Home switches boxes for these axes, and define the Port/Pin to which each is connected. If you are combining limits and the Home switch as one signal, then you should enable Limit --, Limit ++, and Home for each axis and allocate the same pin to Home, Limit --, and Limit ++.


Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: emergency mode active error

« on: December 27, 2015, 02:24:51 AM »

If your machine has been working correctly and you have not made any changes to it then there is a chance that a corrupt .xml file is causing the current problem.
There is a Mach3 sub folder ‘xmlbackups’ – try choosing an earlier backup (preferably before the problem started), rename it with the .xml extension and copy this to your Mach3 folder. Restart Mach3.
If this does not cure the problem then perhaps ask you question on the Warp9 forum http://www.warp9td.com/index.php/kunena/index where I am sure they will have more suggestions for you to try.

Tweakie.

n.b. I have removed your other post as duplication of same topic postings just diversifies response and is not helpful.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Limit switch issues

« on: December 26, 2015, 12:15:10 PM »

Hi Mike,

In an attempt to resolve your limit switch issue can you please post your .xml file so that we can check your machine configuration.

Your .xml file is located in the Mach3 folder and is named <your profile>.xml (Typically Mach3Mill.xml). You will need to rename it to something unique (ie. Muskoka.xml) to be able to post it (using the Additional Options tab).

Tweakie.