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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 08:19:46 AM »

That's the right one.

Whilst I am checking the settings could you check your LPT parallel port cable with a meter (or similar) to ensure that Pin 1 is connected to Pin 1 and Pin 2 to Pin 2 etc. (not every cable has turned out to be good).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 07:50:22 AM »

Hi Dave,

You are making progress.

At this stage the only entry you need in Inputs is the E-Stop config. (otherwise E-Stop cannot be reset).

Can you attach your Mach3Mill.xml file (located in the Mach3 folder). Copy it and rename it to cyberdave.xml then use the Additional Options... to attach to your post.

This will allow me to test your Mach3 settings and hopefully suggest a solution to the problem.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 07:17:47 AM »

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Firstly - please tell me i am right in assuming this setup needs to be done after selecting the "Mach3mill" icon and not the other Mach3 icon?

Quite right.

Check that you have the correct Port Address ( in your case DCB0 ) for Port#1 and that it is enabled.

Do your stepper motors 'lock-up' when everything is up and running or are they free to rotate by hand ??

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 with ESS and PMDX126/107 speed control issues.

« on: March 01, 2016, 07:00:03 AM »

Quote from: joe45 on February 26, 2016, 11:40:21 AM

Ok, so I have tried Mach3 demo, just set it up for the spindle as the 107 manual suggests, and the spindle works! It works wonderfully! So are there any thoughts why it wont run on Mach4? I don't really want to have to buy Mach3 as well.

Mach3 generates and outputs a PWM signal.
Mach4 does not generate a PWM signal (it is up to the external motion controller to generate and/or output a PWM signal).

As soon as I get some spare machine time I will look into this PWM issue and how it is handled by the new (yet to be released) ESS plug-in.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Having Problem Controlling the 4th axis in 4 axis milling[IMPORTANT]

« on: March 01, 2016, 03:10:18 AM »

I am not sure I really understanding what your are asking but do you need to fit a brake to the lathe spindle/chuck or do you need to rotate the lathe spindle/chuck as the 4th axis ??

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 with ESS Slave Motor running slower than primary

« on: March 01, 2016, 03:03:42 AM »

Perhaps, before getting in too deep, I think you need to establish that each motor (axis and slaved axis) is moving the correct distance. Disconnect the two motors from each other and check each’s movement distance (using the MDI panel) – do they each move an identical distance ??
It may be possible that the microstepping of each axis (master & slave) is set differently.

Tweakie.

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