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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: May 25, 2016, 11:18:49 AM »

Hi guys,

Welcome.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: No stepper motor movement?

« on: May 24, 2016, 12:04:22 PM »

Excellent advice Johnv but I think Madkad resolved the problem he was having (ports not being set) back in 2008. 

Tweakie.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Auto tool length with manual tool change

« on: May 24, 2016, 08:28:33 AM »

I found no trace of neither Slave B on or Slave C on numbers and every one knows the functionality is there on the set slave dialog, so where are the numbers for these???

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,11061.msg69361.html#msg69361

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Servos shutter or freeze up

« on: May 23, 2016, 02:10:48 AM »

If I unplug the motor and plug back in it has freed up?

Just one point of note - that is not a safe thing to do, you risk damage to the driver by that action.

Could you post your .xml file (the one from the Mach3 directory named <you profile>.xml. - you will need to copy and rename the file to something unique - mtjones.xml would be good).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: May 22, 2016, 08:39:11 AM »

SO, what would you guys do - rip it out and splash the cash on luxury OR repair and refit??

As it's all your money Dave - 'splash the cash'.  

(you asked for opinion).

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: DDCM6V5.0 Breakout Board

« on: May 22, 2016, 01:48:54 AM »

That board will work OK with Mach3 (It is only the parallel port operation that will not work with 64 bit systems).

It is unlikely that a Mach4 plugin for that board will be available any time soon.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: The Gecko drive G203V Disable Pin Configuration help required

« on: May 20, 2016, 01:38:54 AM »

Thanks again for a point in the right direction... if you have a tutorial video that includes information about the ENABLE settings
it would be helpful for you to provide me with a link...

I don't recall ever having watched any of the tutorial video's so sorry, can't help with that one.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: The Gecko drive G203V Disable Pin Configuration help required

« on: May 19, 2016, 01:11:47 PM »

is there no more support after I have paid for the Mach 3 product..?

Any support that is provided by this forum is given on a voluntary basis and is totally unrelated to anyone's purchase of the Mach3 license. Of course, we are all here to help each other but sometimes it takes time to receive a response so please be patient.

Assuming I correctly understand what you are asking...
Mach3 does not in itself output a 5 Volt signal. What it does output is a TTL signal the voltage of which, if you are using the parallel port, could be to the 3.3 Volt TTL standard or the 5 Volt TTL standard (dependent on your parallel port).
There is always more than one way to do anything but this method is probably what you are looking for...
In Mach3 Config. / Ports and Pins / Output Signals you can enable Enable 1, set the Port and Pin # and Active state to provide this TTL signal which will be directly tied to the EStop state.

Tweakie.
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Wrong Coordinate Numbers

« on: May 19, 2016, 05:55:42 AM »

On the Mach3 Settings page you will find the Axis Calibration utility which will enable you to set your Steps per Unit. Just follow the on-screen instructions.
Also check that you have Mach3 set-up for the units you intend to use (Metric or Imperial).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Installing license file

« on: May 19, 2016, 01:41:50 AM »

Hi Jim,

Unzip the license attachment you received via email. Copy your license file (Mach1Lic.dat) and paste into the Mach3 folder (default C:/Mach3).  
Run Mach3 and the program will automatically import your registration details in from the license file.

Tweakie.