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General Mach Discussion / Re: How does feed hold work when using a smooth stepper? Is it delayed?

« on: February 22, 2016, 03:02:52 AM »

Hi Mark,

I think your understanding is correct.

From the ESS doc...
A smaller buffer size is more responsive to Feed Hold commands, but more sensitive to the ESS running out of data if your computer gets bogged down. 
A larger buffer size is less likely to experience the ESS running out of data, but will take longer to respond to Feed Hold commands.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Seig Super X1LP HiTorque Mill CNC Conversion

« on: February 22, 2016, 01:43:44 AM »

Nice work - you make mill conversion all look and sound so easy 

Tweakie.

btw. Welcome to the forum.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hall of shame

« on: February 22, 2016, 01:20:38 AM »

Hi Graeme,

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hooray! I helped myself, or how to let Mach3 know what tool you are using!

« on: February 21, 2016, 11:17:10 AM »

Excellent work Leslie - thanks for sharing the info.

Tweakie.

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

« on: February 20, 2016, 11:28:35 AM »

so mach3 will not work with 64bit  windows 7, no matter what?

Requirements if using an external motion device for machine control:

An appropriate external motion controller such as Warp9 Smooth Stepper or similar
Desktop or Laptop with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
1Ghz CPU
512MB RAM
Video Card with 32MB RAM(Large G-code files, especially 3D files will require a video card with 512MB RAM or higher)

Tweakie.

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

« on: February 20, 2016, 01:18:34 AM »

Thanks for the reply Tweakie. could this be resolved with a parallel port card? if so, any particular type?

Requirements if using the parallel port for machine control:

Desktop PC (Laptops are not supported) with at least one parallel port
32-bit version of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (64-bit versions will not work)
1Ghz CPU
512MB RAM
Non-integrated Video Card with 32MB RAM(Large G-code files, especially 3D files will require a video card with 512MB RAM or higher)

Tweakie.

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

« on: February 19, 2016, 02:19:55 AM »

I've decided to make the move to Mach3, and I'm already a little frustrated. I can fire up Mach2, go to the Motor tuning page, and all is good. I got to mach3, where I have enabled the lpt1 port, and then to the motor tuning page, and I can't get a motor to move. So I guess this is an intro, and a plead for help.. I've watched a few intros, and thought I'd read the manual, but..... here I am... lost... 

Welcome to the forum.

If you post your question as a New Topic I am sure it will get many answers / suggestions as to resolving the problem.

Could be that the Ports and Pins (Step and Direction) are not set correctly or that one or more enable signals are required.

Tweakie.

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

« on: February 19, 2016, 02:16:00 AM »

hi
I have been working with and around CNC machines my entire working life (over 30 years). I have purchased myself a small CNC router/mill for using at home making, mainly, guitar parts. I have downloaded and installed Mach3 and unfortunately it doesnt work. when running the drivertest it reports "No driver sensed installed. Run driver test" I have repeatedly uninstalled and re-installed to no avail. can anyone advise me as to what i am doing wrong? P C is more than up to spec although, i am wondering, is windows 7 supported?

Welcome to the forum.

Win 7 is supported but if you are using the LPT parallel port then the PC has to be 32 bit.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Mach3 hanging up - new install

« on: February 18, 2016, 02:11:33 AM »

Which version of Mach3 are you using ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Touch Plate Help Needed Please

« on: February 18, 2016, 02:02:58 AM »

Just a thought...  

Some Ethernet cables do not carry the ground connection through a shield to the outer metal parts on each end of the cable - you may be missing the connection between your machine GND and your PC GND.

Tweakie.