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General Mach Discussion / Re: Using DIR pin of unused axis for synchronous switching

« on: April 10, 2016, 02:11:55 AM »

One possible solution perhaps ?

By using an external controller (such as a PLC) it would be possible to count your X axis step pulses. You would need to know, in advance, just how many X step pulses had to occur before your phantom axis DIR pin is activated but this method would allow the X axis to make it’s journey without any interruption.

Tweakie.

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

« on: April 09, 2016, 10:51:04 AM »

Thanks Tweakie, but why have the USB socket on the board if its not used, and is the 15 D socket no use if I get a gender bender to connect it to the LPT1 on the board.

Regards Pirate

The USB socket is just to provide the 5Volt power from the PC to the board - the board is driven by the LPT port and should be connected with a 25 way, LPT parallel port cable.
Gender benders will not work in this instance.
Mach3 does not run successfully from a laptop.

Tweakie.

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

« on: April 09, 2016, 10:14:06 AM »

Hi Pirate,

Welcome.

Sounds like you need to get an older PC (perhaps second user) which has an LPT parallel port.
Mach3 does not run successfully from a laptop unless you use an External Motion Controller (such as the ESS http://warp9td.com/ or similar)

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: April 09, 2016, 06:28:01 AM »

I hope you don't mind a suggestion but just an observation regarding wiring...

When you come to wiring-up the actual machine, it would be best if you don't 'daisy-chain' the power connections to your stepper drivers (each driver should be wired directly back to the PSU terminals).

Tweakie.

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Brains Development / Re: Manually add a Brains folder?

« on: April 09, 2016, 05:26:33 AM »

es posible algun fichero en pdf para verlo mejor porque mi ingles es mejor en papel

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,8211.0.html

Tweakie.

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Brains Development / Re: Manually add a Brains folder?

« on: April 09, 2016, 04:41:10 AM »

buenos dias

donde puedo buscar un manual de brains

http://www.machsupport.com/videos/

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / MOVED: AYUDAAA nuevo en diseños de codigo G.

« on: April 09, 2016, 03:00:56 AM »

This topic has been moved to Spanish.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=32303.0

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Spanish / Re: AYUDAAA nuevo en diseños de codigo G.

« on: April 09, 2016, 02:55:06 AM »

En el modo de demostración Mach3 tiene un límite de la línea 500 y esto es probablemente lo que está viendo.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Brian's Emco Compact 5 Retro

« on: April 09, 2016, 02:12:46 AM »

Hi Myford,

It certainly sounds like a very interesting project that you have undertaken.

If you have the time it would be nice if you could start a new topic on your Emco machines with some pictures and more detailed descriptions / explanations on how you have made everything work with Mach3.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Control Panel running, Machine is not..HELP

« on: April 08, 2016, 11:15:53 AM »

To avoid duplicate threads running at the same time discussion on this topic continues here http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,32273.0.html

Tweakie.