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General Mach Discussion / Re: What all is needed to convert from emc2 to mach3?

« on: September 24, 2015, 02:53:21 AM »

You could start by reading the documentation and watching some of the video's   http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/  then if you have any specific questions regarding the setting-up and operation of Mach3 we would be pleased to provide an answer.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help connecting this board to a controller

« on: September 24, 2015, 02:48:24 AM »

I have no idea what you are trying to achieve here.

Is it not best to...

Just connect the PC's USB to the UC300 then connect the UC300 LPT port / ports to the Gecko drives.

Why exactly do you need the BM01 or the KK01 ??

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 license problem

« on: September 22, 2015, 12:47:04 PM »

This is a problem I have not seen before and I was surprised to hear that it is not related to the screen .set, as Terry has mentioned.

Please use the contact form to make an inquiry regarding your Mach3 license.  http://www.machsupport.com/contact-us/

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need help!

« on: September 21, 2015, 10:52:56 AM »

The trouble is that there are so many variants (different controllers / circuit boards) of the basic 6040 machine no one answer suits them all.

Have you tried this configuration...   http://mambohead.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/CNC-6040-Router-Engraver-System-Installation-Manual.pdf   ??

Tweakie.

nb. posting a picture of your machine / controller may help. Also posting your current .xml file may shed some light on the problem.

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

« on: September 15, 2015, 08:19:55 AM »

Hi Doug,

Welcome to the forum.

You may be interested in reading my laser thread http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,12444.0.html (it's got extremely long over the years so perhaps skip through stopping to read when you see a picture that interests you).

Please contact licensing http://www.machsupport.com/contact-us/ they will be able to clarify the license situation and my guess is that you will be able to use your existing license as long as it is not a pirate copy.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: TLO lengths and Z axis readout

« on: September 15, 2015, 07:43:30 AM »

Steve said the Galil plugin was a user thing and not written by artsoft.    Somewhere in the docs for the plugin I'm told is the authors email address.  I'll have to try and find that and possibly get the source code so Jim can make changes to the plugin.

Check out the credits at the end of the Galil document http://www.machsupport.com/software/plugins/

Tweakie.

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

« on: September 15, 2015, 02:03:19 AM »

Welcome to the forum Bob.
We are pleased to have you here and no doubt we will be calling on your vast experience and knowledge.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper motor problems

« on: September 14, 2015, 12:09:12 PM »

 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper motor problems

« on: September 14, 2015, 11:49:43 AM »

Hi Malcolm,

There are a couple of different ways but if you go into    Config. / Ports & Pins / Motor Outputs   then change the Dir Low Active state (tick/cross) for your Z axis then click Apply that should do the trick.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: mach3 3D printer

« on: September 12, 2015, 02:07:28 AM »

I think 2.3m may well be the record but as long as you remain below 10m the official line is that it will be OK.

How long do you estimate that job run to take ??

Tweakie.