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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports

« on: July 13, 2014, 12:38:24 PM »

Steve,

I notice that M3 / M5 doesn't work, is this deliberately disabled at this time ?

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports

« on: July 13, 2014, 05:13:06 AM »

Hi Graham,

I agree -  Mach4 'Hobby' should run 'straight out of the box' on the average computer and I am sure it will get there. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: After all these years...(2009)

« on: July 12, 2014, 02:17:51 PM »

I am really pleased that you got it sorted Bill. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: After all these years...(2009)

« on: July 12, 2014, 01:29:24 PM »

I'm reading Bill - unfortunately I can't make any suggestions that will help you sort out the problem. Sounds like a new PC is required ?

Tweakie.

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Post Processors / Re: Solidcam 2006 Rev10 to mach2-mach3 post pro

« on: July 11, 2014, 04:28:12 AM »

Well spotted bscandanavia, thanks for posting the details. 

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: July 11, 2014, 03:14:51 AM »

Does the Mach3 driver have to be disabled or removed?

No, it does not have to be removed or disabled.

I was able to install and see the plugin and driver in the Mach4Hobby directory.  When I run plugin configuration in Mach4 or the DarwinTest.exe from the zip directory and use the same port as my running Mach3, none of feedback that's shown in video happens.  I select the same port, I enable it, I answer the prompt, and then try toggling any of the limit switches, probes, or estop and none of the leds toggle on the screen.

As well as configuring inputs port and pin in Darwin you also need to configure inputs in Mach4 (mapping enabled, device 'parallel0' etc.).

Tweakie.

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Any thoughts or advices for my new work

« on: July 10, 2014, 07:16:10 AM »

Excellent work Myoshii - I always enjoy watching your video's 

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Sudden wild axis movements during program run

« on: July 10, 2014, 01:48:01 AM »

Hi Marv,

If you have swapped stepper motors then it is unlikely that the problem lies with the X axis stepper.
You could try reducing your Velocity and Acceleration settings further and see if that makes an improvement.
Perhaps a silly suggestion but I trust you are using a genuine Mach3 license ?

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Sudden wild axis movements during program run

« on: July 09, 2014, 02:35:46 AM »

Hi Marv,

Pretty ugly problem you are describing, it could have many causes but I would be inclined to make a clean re-install of Mach3 (possibly an earlier version .056 ?) and see if that resolves the issue. Don't forget to back-up your Mach3 folder so you can copy all your settings etc. to the fresh install.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 2 x 3 2 x 3 axis, driven in the same time. Is that even possible?

« on: July 09, 2014, 01:18:56 AM »

Two different GCode programs could be run alternately but not both at the same time.

However, it would be possible to have two instances of Mach3 (and two computers) which are synchronised (perhaps using interrupts) so they both work together.

Tweakie.