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

« on: June 30, 2014, 11:48:04 AM »

My mill has the input for a USB cable from the computer and it goes into where the manual control pendent plugs into also. Is this the motion controller that you are speaking of?

Hi Jimmy,

I have no way of knowing - do you have a manual for the mill ?

Tweakie.

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

« on: June 30, 2014, 11:17:27 AM »

Hi Jimmy,

Welcome to the Artsoft forum.

Laptops are not recommended for use with Mach3 unless you plan on using an external motion controller (such as the Smooth Stepper etc. http://warp9td.com/).

Yes, you will be able to turn on / off the mill spindle without using the software but the way in which it is done will depend on what you have (VFD etc.).

It would be best if you get everything up and working to your satisfaction, using the Demo Version (http://www.machsupport.com/software/mach3/) before you buy the Mach3 license.

The Mach3 licence is portable between PC's and laptops etc. so you only need to buy it once.

Please take the time to read the documentation http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/ and perhaps watch the video's - don't worry too much about the things you don't understand yet, it will come. (I have been using Mach2 / 3 for the last 10 years and I still don't know the half of it  ).

Tweakie.

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One on one phone support. / Re: xyz jog well but go crazy during run or return home

« on: June 30, 2014, 06:44:16 AM »

It is usual for jogging to be set at a reduced rate (typically 80% of maximum) which may explain your problem.

Try reducing your Velocity and Acceleration (in motor tuning) by at least 20% and see if this cures or reduces the issue you are experiencing.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: LPT Led´s

« on: June 30, 2014, 01:28:03 AM »

Great news Kak, I am pleased you have solved the problem. 

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: A Question.

« on: June 29, 2014, 01:49:49 AM »

Thanks Art.

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Help and advising on breakout board / motion controller for my machine

« on: June 29, 2014, 01:43:54 AM »

Hi Greg,

In very basic terms..

If you PC has an LPT parallel port then a breakout board could be used - if you PC does not have an LPT parallel port then an external motion controller will be required.

Tweakie.

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

« on: June 28, 2014, 02:15:17 PM »

Hi Gary,

Good choice the OpenBuilds OX 

The chances are that you do not have your axis enable pins set correctly in Mach3 but if you post your question as a new topic in the general section it will get more coverage from the hive mind and should lead to a speedy solution.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: table and screen going opposite.

« on: June 28, 2014, 01:53:13 PM »

if my screen shows the end mill being in the lower left of the screen it is on the lower left part of my table.

Correct.

I am pleased that you have it sorted 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: LPT Led´s

« on: June 28, 2014, 12:29:22 PM »

Kak,

May I suggest you try connecting a 'pull-up' resistor of say 10,000 ohms (10k) between the touch plate pin (pin 15 ?) and +5 volts and see if this cures the problem.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: 32 bit win 7

« on: June 28, 2014, 02:08:44 AM »

Jim,

Why not just buy another HD and copy to it everything from your old HD before it croaks ?

Tweakie.