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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 axis not running as DROs

« on: January 05, 2016, 05:10:13 AM »

A picture of your machine may help - I assume you have 2 slaved stepper motors for the X axis and 2 slaved stepper motors for the Y axis.

Are you using the parallel port or ethernet / usb to communicate with the machine?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hall of shame

« on: January 05, 2016, 03:06:44 AM »

Many of the Chinese resellers are peddling Pirate license’s bundled with their product which is sold via the bay.
It is regrettable but some buyers fall into the trap of believing that the license they have purchased is genuine when it is in fact a fake. If in doubt, the validity of any license can be checked by using the Artsoft contact form here;  http://www.machsupport.com/contact-us/


Another supplier to add to the list of Pirate peddlers is;    FASTERCNC CO, LTD.


Tweakie.

Had to remove the link Tweakie, it contains malware.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Metric lead screw, but work in inches

« on: January 05, 2016, 01:57:41 AM »

Just set your native units to inches. When you calculate the axis steps per unit it comes out at a long decimal number but Mach handles that without issue.  

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: M11P1 and M10P1 problem...

« on: January 03, 2016, 12:08:59 PM »

I have sent you a PM.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: M11P1 and M10P1 problem...

« on: January 03, 2016, 10:52:56 AM »

You may need to contact the manufacturer of your DDCM6 to check but (like many of the chinese cards) as far as I am aware it does not support the M10 / M11 command set.

If you attach your .xml file I can check your set-up and may be able to suggest alternatives for correct laser operation.

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. Enrique.xml) to be able to post it (using the Additional Options tab).

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: M11P1 and M10P1 problem...

« on: January 03, 2016, 08:23:23 AM »

In Ports and Pins do you have Output#2 Enabled and is the Active High / Low set correctly for your laser ??

Do you actually have a second parallel port (Port2) card in your PC and is it configured to the correct port address within Mach3 ??

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: M11P1 and M10P1 problem...

« on: January 03, 2016, 07:47:53 AM »

If these are your settings…
Laser trigger connected to Port2  Pin1

 

Set Output#2 (Ports & Pins) to Port2  Pin1

M11P2
X10
M10P2
X0
%

The above code will turn the laser trigger ON (during the X10 move) and OFF at the end.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: M11P1 and M10P1 problem...

« on: January 03, 2016, 06:33:29 AM »

Hi Murat,

Two things you need to consider…

If you are using Output#1 to trigger your laser then do not use Output #1 for your spindle relay control (M3,M4,M5).

The commands M11P1 (turn Output#1 ON) and M10P1 (turn Output#1 OFF) only take effect upon axis (any axis) movement.

So to operate your laser you would need something like this…

M11P1
X10
M10P1
X0
%

There are more details in the laser thread here;  http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,12444.0.html

Tweakie.

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Spanish / Re: ¿En que está creado Mach3?

« on: January 03, 2016, 02:08:16 AM »

Klaus's MachScreen http://www.kd-dietz.com/klausphp/pages/eng/machscreen/description/ms_description.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Only demo modus

« on: January 02, 2016, 08:42:53 AM »

Your license file   Mach1Lic.dat  needs to be placed into the Mach3 folder.

Tweakie.