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General Mach Discussion / Re: Denford Triac still waiting (patiently) to run

« on: January 06, 2021, 01:11:53 AM »

Mach4. All development on Mach3 ceased six years ago and not withstanding that it still works and has a loyal fanbase it is obsolete.

Just a correction...

Mach3 is Obsolescent it is not Obsolete (there is a difference).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I have a old mach 3 license

« on: January 06, 2021, 01:07:27 AM »

Your Mach3 license is a file called   Mach1Lic.dat   located in your Mach3 folder. This file can be copied to another computer without problem (you can have more than one instance of the license although there are restrictions on how you can use them).

Tweakie.

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Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / Re: CNC 5040 z-axis problem

« on: January 02, 2021, 10:08:40 AM »

Excellent    I am pleased it is solved.

Tweakie.

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Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / Re: CNC 5040 z-axis problem

« on: January 02, 2021, 07:57:52 AM »

we test all other axis and all move oposite diretions, where to change these to reverse?

As TPS has already told you...

Config -> Ports&Pins -> Motor Outputs -> axis - change the Dir Low Active State for the particular axis which is moving in the wrong direction and save the change. Restart Mach3 to check that the changes have taken effect.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Updating to Mach4 and have questions

« on: January 02, 2021, 05:52:48 AM »

Hi Steve,

You may wish to consider the Hicon Integra for lathe working as that is the motion controller NFS test Mach4 development builds against and use for threading with their Mori SL3.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Updating to Mach4 and have questions

« on: January 01, 2021, 10:00:33 AM »

Hi Steve,

I think you would be using Ethernet connected Smooth Steppers (ESS) with Mach4.
They could both be connected - when starting Mach4 you would then just select the appropriate motion controller to be able to run a particular machine.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Custom M11/M10 code headers and footers

« on: December 30, 2020, 01:08:38 AM »

I am pleased to hear that you are making good progress.

If I look at the amp meter on the laser box, shouldn't  it change based on the Sx input in the code?

Mine does. Sounds like you need to do some more work with your PWM settings.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Radius of arc differs - but a different sort of problem

« on: December 29, 2020, 07:01:12 AM »

Sorry but my money is on Re-Install - preferably v.062 (download from Artsoft site) rather than v.066.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: X-axis Shifting during job

« on: December 29, 2020, 06:49:52 AM »

Try reducing your Velocity and Acceleration settings by 50% in Motor Tuning and apply the changes for your X axis. If this resolves the issue then increase your Velocity and Acceleration setting in small steps (using 'trial and error') until you get the best performance consistant with reliable operation.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Custom M11/M10 code headers and footers

« on: December 29, 2020, 01:16:44 AM »

That code is not absolutely right but it should work OK and that is the only important thing, although their post processor could be improved.

Tweakie.