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

« on: January 06, 2016, 05:23:10 AM »

It took a while to download the 950MB video but, as you say, it does show the problem.

Use a voltmeter to measure the voltage on any LPT parallel port Direction pin (between one of the pins 3,5,7 or 9 and one of the Pins 18-25). If the voltage is approx. 0v to 3.3v (dependant on jog direction) then it may well be a voltage issue as I mentioned in my previous post.
If the voltage is approx. 0v to 5v then it is not the parallel port voltage that is causing the problem. This will at least eliminate one possibility.

The Ref All Home button contains a script which is intended to act individually on the axes just as you describe.
In your case you have 2 pairs of axes and each pair should act together so it will mean altering the button script to perform the required action.


Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The CNC router that ate the family room

« on: January 06, 2016, 02:36:53 AM »

Nice work Todd.

If you keep building them bigger and bigger you may have to consider moving house 

Tweakie.

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

« on: January 05, 2016, 12:22:18 PM »

Just because I am a moderator doesn't mean that I know anything. 

If you still occasionally get one axis going in the wrong direction then I would suspect that the axis direction signal is not being recognized correctly.
One cause could be that the voltage output from your computer’s LPT parallel port is to the 3.3volt TTL standard when your breakout board / controller is expecting signals which meet the 5volt TTL standard. If this is the case then fitting another PCI parallel port card (which does have 5volt TTL output) is probably the easiest solution.

Tweakie.

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

« on: January 05, 2016, 11:19:43 AM »

Excellent looking machine.

Velocity and Acceleration settings look good.
The only thing I have found that you need to correct;     Config. / General Config. - Uncheck A-Axis is angular.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Move, give up sync

« on: January 05, 2016, 10:42:58 AM »

I am guessing that is something written into the Leafboy probing script to tell you that you have an error?
Perhaps double check that you have everything configured correctly as per Section 9 of the Leafboy manual.

Tweakie.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Got license, Won't do over 20k lines of code.

« on: January 05, 2016, 08:22:46 AM »

I bought the license last year, now today it won't let me write over 20k lines in the digitize wizard. Are licenses timed? Do I have to purchase yearly?

Which license did you buy ??

Tweakie.

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

« on: January 05, 2016, 06:57:15 AM »

When you post the picture it would be a good idea to post your .xml file (it is located in the Mach3 folder and named <your profile> .xml) it is typically called Mach3Mill.xml - this will enable us to check your set-up and hopefully be able to make suggestions as to how to resolve the problem you are having.

Tweakie.

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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.