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3441

Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Mach3 Beginner Help

« on: April 12, 2016, 08:32:56 AM »

You are missing one or more of the graphics within the MillBitmaps folder. You could try copying the background…jpg and various .jpg’s from the other bitmaps folders into MillBitmaps and see if that resolves the issue.
Alternately contact the suppliers of the machine who are probably the only people who work with Artivision 2.0 (whatever that is).

Tweakie.

3442

General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 & Aspire tool paths not the same

« on: April 12, 2016, 02:31:31 AM »

Could it be that you are running Mach3 in Demo mode ?  (in which case it will only process the first 500 lines of Gcode).

Tweakie.

3443

General Mach Discussion / Re: Z-Probe macro for inches and millimeters

« on: April 10, 2016, 07:21:32 AM »

Try putting the G20 on a separate line


Message( "Auto Zeroing..." )
Code “G20”
While IsMoving()
Wend
If IsSuchSignal (22) Then
code “G31 Z-1 F10”
While IsMoving()
Wend
Call SetDRO( 2, .996 )
code “G1 Z1.5”
End If


Tweakie.

3444

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.

3445

Mach4 General 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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Mach4 General 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.

3447

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.

3448

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.

3449

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.

3450

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