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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 with ESS and PMDX126/107 speed control issues.

« on: March 01, 2016, 11:40:43 AM »

With the latest (yet to be released) ESS plug-in…

Set the max. desired spindle RPM in the Spindle tab of the Mach4 config.
Set the Output Port & Pin# you will be using under Spindle Motor Step / Mapped Pin 1 in the Output Signals tab of the ESS config.
If necessary the generated PWM signal can be inverted in the Pins Config. tab of the ESS Config.

Checking with my scope the PWM signal output from the ESS is of excellent quality and resolution and it fully adjustable from 0% to 100% duty cycle with the Mach4 S### command etc.

Tweakie.

(The above assumes that the plug-in does not undergo major changes between now and the time it is released).

3002

General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 10:55:48 AM »

Could you run DriverTest.exe (Mach3 folder) and post the results ?

Tweakie.

3003

General Mach Discussion / Re: Artsoft sold??

« on: March 01, 2016, 10:52:26 AM »

 

Tweakie.

3004

General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 09:00:38 AM »

Try changing the Active State to Low and see if that makes a difference.

Something else to try is changing your pin allocations in Motor Outputs to …

X Axis – Enabled – Step Pin#2 – Dir Pin# 3
Y              “                      4                5
Z              “                      6                7

I have to do some work now so I may be away from the forum untill tomorrow - perhaps someone else can chime in on this problem.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 08:44:47 AM »

OK, now try this…

Config / Ports & Pins / Output Signals...

Enable1 – Enabled – Port#1 – Pin14

And report back on if it makes any difference.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 08:19:46 AM »

That's the right one. 

Whilst I am checking the settings could you check your LPT parallel port cable with a meter (or similar) to ensure that Pin 1 is connected to Pin 1 and Pin 2 to Pin 2 etc. (not every cable has turned out to be good).

Tweakie.

3007

General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 07:50:22 AM »

Hi Dave,

You are making progress. 

At this stage the only entry you need in Inputs is the E-Stop config. (otherwise E-Stop cannot be reset).

Can you attach your Mach3Mill.xml file (located in the Mach3 folder). Copy it and rename it to cyberdave.xml then use the Additional Options... to attach to your post.

This will allow me to test your Mach3 settings and hopefully suggest a solution to the problem.

Tweakie.

3008

General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 07:17:47 AM »

Firstly - please tell me i am right in assuming this setup needs to be done after selecting the "Mach3mill" icon and not the other Mach3 icon?

Quite right.

Check that you have the correct Port Address ( in your case DCB0 ) for Port#1 and that it is enabled.

Do your stepper motors 'lock-up' when everything is up and running or are they free to rotate by hand ??

Tweakie.

3009

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 with ESS and PMDX126/107 speed control issues.

« on: March 01, 2016, 07:00:03 AM »

Ok, so I have tried Mach3 demo, just set it up for the spindle as the 107 manual suggests, and the spindle works! It works wonderfully! So are there any thoughts why it wont run on Mach4? I don't really want to have to buy Mach3 as well.

Mach3 generates and outputs a PWM signal.
Mach4 does not generate a PWM signal (it is up to the external motion controller to generate and/or output a PWM signal).

As soon as I get some spare machine time I will look into this PWM issue and how it is handled by the new (yet to be released) ESS plug-in.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Having Problem Controlling the 4th axis in 4 axis milling[IMPORTANT]

« on: March 01, 2016, 03:10:18 AM »

I am not sure I really understanding what your are asking but do you need to fit a brake to the lathe spindle/chuck or do you need to rotate the lathe spindle/chuck as the 4th axis ??

Tweakie.