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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH4, ESS, C25 smoth stepper terminal board V3.1, AND BL-TB6600-V1.2 problem

« on: August 29, 2016, 06:39:16 AM »

I'm powering the BOB off the Smoothstepper.  I think everything is setup right but I'm having problems configuring Mach4.  I have the latest version of Smoothstepper plugin but the manual is for the earlier version which shows completely different screens than what the latest plugin provides.  So I'm left to guessing which is getting me no where.  

The reply given in this thread should answer your question. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,33180.msg230397.html#msg230397

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need setup help for smoothstepper and C25S BOB

« on: August 29, 2016, 06:24:56 AM »

The ESS settings information is here http://www.warp9td.com/index.php/gettingstarted/setting-up-the-smoothstepper-and-mach4#MachFourInitialESS_NEW_PLUGIN

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH4, ESS, C25 smoth stepper terminal board V3.1, AND BL-TB6600-V1.2 problem

« on: August 29, 2016, 01:39:33 AM »

Which jumpers on the ESS smoothstepper need to be set?

The pin26, 5V jumpers - but it depends on how you are powering the BoB please read the ESS documentation here; http://www.warp9td.com/index.php/documentation/doc-ess

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Can't get licence file to work on Windows XP & Mach4 2.2914

« on: August 29, 2016, 01:35:09 AM »

I am pleased to hear that you have it working OK now.

Tweakie.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: VB vs VBscript

« on: August 28, 2016, 07:14:09 AM »

I think you can do all of the things you suggest but keep in mind that you will be using Cypress Enable (commonly referred to as CB) which is just a subset of Visual Basic (VB) so your options may be severely limited.

Tweakie.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: ESS lost communication with computer and Mach3

« on: August 27, 2016, 11:33:51 AM »

Hopefully it will never happen again (but if it does you have sussed what to do to put it right  ).

Tweakie.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: ESS lost communication with computer and Mach3

« on: August 27, 2016, 01:01:06 AM »

I have never actually needed to do it but the Configurator utility http://www.warp9td.com/index.php/sw can be used to reset the IP address of the ESS to 10.9.9.9 after which you will be able to run the SCU to set-up the system.

Tweakie.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: ESS lost communication with computer and Mach3

« on: August 26, 2016, 10:18:26 AM »

Perhaps run through the SCU, it makes the setting-up so easy http://www.warp9td.com/index.php/documentation/doc-scu

Tweakie.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: ESS lost communication with computer and Mach3

« on: August 26, 2016, 09:25:50 AM »

I had an issue which was possibly similar after I allowed my laptop access to the net – I think it downloaded and installed an update. Since then it has been a dedicated PC which operates with my ESS.
I know it’s ‘passing the buck’ but Andy will know the answer so my advice would be to post your question on the Warp9 forum. http://www.warp9td.com/index.php/kunena/recent

Tweakie.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: ESS Did not respond ?

« on: August 26, 2016, 03:49:27 AM »

Sorry for all the questions but...

Which version of Mach3 are you using ?
Which version of the ESS plugin are you using ?
Did you use the SCU to set it all up ?
Is the top green LED blinking twice per second ?
Are you using a separate PSU for the ESS power ?

Tweakie.