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General Mach Discussion / Re: How to set a mechanical gap in Mach3

« on: December 05, 2016, 04:26:20 AM »

Ideally you should fix this issue mechanically (anti-backlash nut, etc.) but check out Backlash Compensation in the Mach3 manual http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: OK, I'm stumped!!

« on: December 05, 2016, 01:33:41 AM »

Hi Dave,

Pleased to hear that you are back on the road to adventure. 

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: Mach 3 only loads half of the gcode

« on: December 04, 2016, 03:41:27 AM »

Hi Roger,

I was in two minds about posting it as ftp:// links work for some and not for others. 

(You can get the .pdf by going to the .ftp downloads area http://www.machsupport.com/software/downloads-updates/ , it is listed under Extra Information).

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: Mach 3 only loads half of the gcode

« on: December 04, 2016, 01:34:11 AM »

This .pdf gives an explanation regarding license installation;  ftp://anonymous:guest@ftp.machsupport.com/Extra%20Information/Mach3%20License%20install%201.pdf

Tweakie.

2845

Competitions / Re: Win my Complete Collection of Cut Ready CNC Design Work ($1000.00 value)

« on: December 03, 2016, 07:38:25 AM »

Come on guys, this is a competition, please post your entries, it costs nothing and it has great rewards.

I am not eligible to take part in this competition but if I was then this would be my entry…

A depth map image is created (or obtained) then using Mach1filter it is converted into Gcode then it is machined/routed into wood.

Tweakie.

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FAQs / Re: OK, I'm stumped!!

« on: December 03, 2016, 02:11:52 AM »

In Windows Device Manager check the address (first value in I/O Range) of the LPT parallel port. Check that you have this address entered in Mach3 (Config. / Ports & Pins) as Port 1 and that it is enabled.

(Don't place too much faith in the Port 1 Pins Current State indicator - it does not always work as intended).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Arduino and Mach 3

« on: December 01, 2016, 07:13:26 AM »

Hi Guys,

You are not alone, I have fallen into the bipolar trap more than once. 

Now I say that if the motor has 5 wires then it is Unipolar anything other than 5 wires can be wired as Bipolar (so far so good  ) .

Tweakie.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: why my M6Start.m1s doesnot run?

« on: December 01, 2016, 06:06:39 AM »

Hi Craig,

Yes, I did look at this but pressure of work is not giving me enough time to look at anything in detail at the moment.
The M11/M10 commands are perhaps not the best ones to be using for this particular application, mainly because they only operate at the instant of the start of a following axis movement. They can be fooled by using an imaginary axis (such as the B axis whereby the code may look something like M11P1 B0 / M10P1 B1) but it would have to be tested to see if it could be made to work within your While IsMoving() loop. In addition I have no idea how the M11/M10 commands will behave if called whilst an axis is already moving.

Not much help really, sorry.

Tweakie.

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

« on: December 01, 2016, 05:39:42 AM »

Hi John,

Welcome to the forum.

There is plenty of reading to do here on the forum as well as the Mach3 manuals http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/

Just one thing comes to mind - it is not best practice to have two stepper motors wired together, they should really each be wired separately (with their own controllers) then 'slaved' to operate as a pair. The Mach3 manual gives more details of this.

Tweakie.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: why my M6Start.m1s doesnot run?

« on: December 01, 2016, 02:32:32 AM »

I was messing around with some code and I couldn't get ActivateSignal(Outputnnn)
to work either.
While I don't know for sure I believe that is a very old instruction and is no longer functional
it latest releases of Mach3.

Not trying to confuse but if it’s any help…

ActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)
and
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)

Work just fine here with latest versions of Mach3 (obviously, the particular Output# has to be enabled etc.)

(However, there’s nowt so fickle as CB    )

Tweakie.