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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 10, 2014, 12:40:27 PM »

Hi Art,

Thanks for posting the new file.  It tells me Darwin License has failed 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Different starting questions to equipment, etc.

« on: October 10, 2014, 12:26:48 PM »

With stepper motors it is common practice to exceed the rated voltage by up to 25 times (although there are certain limitations) but the rated current should never be exceeded. There is some good information here http://www.geckodrive.com/support.html

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 10, 2014, 10:41:19 AM »

Hi Art,

Sorry to keep causing problems...
I do appreciate that my computer ID's has changed and I have new licenses for Mach4 and Darwin (they each contain the new ID) however, the issue mentioned in my earlier post still stands. 

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 10, 2014, 07:51:25 AM »

Hi Art,

It appears there is a Darwin license issue. I am running Mach4 build 2038 and have tried Darwin build 2030, 2035 & 2038 (deleting and re-installing the driver each time and copying the .dll, .m4pw, .sig) but in all cases Mach4 stops after a random time – as though it was unlicensed.

I had initially thought it was a Mach4 problem but can now confirm that Mach4 build 2038 when running in simulation mode runs forever it is just when running Darwin that it stops.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports

« on: October 10, 2014, 01:55:34 AM »

Hi Steve,

I am using Darwin and you are right build 2030 runs forever in simulation mode, only when running Darwin does it stop. Looks like the problem is over to Art 

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports

« on: October 09, 2014, 02:14:34 AM »

Hi Steve,

Just by way of an update, build 2038 says it's licensed but behaves as though it is not (stops at some random point in time). 

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports

« on: October 08, 2014, 02:12:26 AM »

Thanks Steve - I will try v. 2038 after it's posted.

This is a screenshot of my about panel...

Sometimes it allowed a Mach4 restart after stopping other times a PC restart was necessary.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports

« on: October 08, 2014, 01:36:12 AM »

Tweakie,

Check the license status in Help->About.  I bet you are just in demo mode.  It is a random time.  The error message means that nothing was in the status history, nothing more.  I do need to fix that so that there is no message.

Steve

Hi Steve,

Sorry to say this but it shows Licensed in the help menu.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports

« on: October 07, 2014, 12:52:38 PM »

I Had a chance to run some Gcode and it appears there is an issue with v.2030 - I runs OK for a while then locks up (after no particular time or number of lines etc.) and the only way out is a PC restart. Tried it several times with the same end result.

The history tab brings up this error message, if it's any help.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 07, 2014, 08:41:07 AM »

Hi Art,

The new plugin appears to work just fine.
I have only tried jogging so far but will try running some Gcode later on today.

Tweakie.