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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: February 23, 2018, 07:46:44 AM »

Of course, some idiot ordered the wrong tool holders and didn't notice, ER16 instead of ER20

There is no answer to that Dave - just keep taking the medication (in my case Beer - and lots of it  )

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Z-Axis not responding / moving - Help debugging

« on: February 23, 2018, 01:37:30 AM »

Hi John,

Bottom right of the main Mach3 screen is your Profile.

Look in your mach3 folder for the file which has this Profile.xml

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Laser Diode Issue. I can control it but gcode can't

« on: February 23, 2018, 01:33:08 AM »

The M7/M9 commands are too slow for switching - it will create a 'dot' at the start and end of every line engraved. The M11/M10 commands were created to overcome this problem and that is really the direction you should be taking.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Zero Probe problem with script

« on: February 22, 2018, 06:36:43 AM »

Hi LSGuy,

I have never had any problems using the G31 command ( my Auto Tool Zero is probably used >100 times a day ) but over the years many have reported difficulties of one sort or another. I don't think the exact reason for these problems will ever be discovered but I would be interested to hear from you if your problems return.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need use the motor brushless with 5 axis stepper card

« on: February 22, 2018, 04:35:31 AM »

Hi Bennet,

You may need the 12V to 24Volt power supply for any of the BoB spindle control outputs to work correctly.

I think you need to use the P1-PWM terminal and a GND terminal then configure Mach3 with the PWM Output onto the LPT parallel port Pin1.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I need use the motor brushless with 5 axis stepper card

« on: February 22, 2018, 02:15:53 AM »

Hi Bennet,

There are some links in this thread that may be of interest to you; http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,27447.0.html

Mach3 PWM converted to the RC standard using a Microchip processor; http://www.graytel.talktalk.net/bldcPWM.wmv

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Z-Axis not responding / moving - Help debugging

« on: February 22, 2018, 01:25:20 AM »

Looks like the .xml you posted is not the same one you are using - perhaps check that you do not have a couple of .xml files with similar names ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Zero Probe problem with script

« on: February 21, 2018, 10:36:29 AM »

There are known issues with version .066 and this could be causing the problem.

Try version .062 (which can be installed over the top of your existing version). ftp://anonymous:guest@ftp.machsupport.com/Mach3/Mach3Version3.043.062.exe

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Z-Axis not responding / moving - Help debugging

« on: February 21, 2018, 01:52:57 AM »

Hi John,

Your .xml file runs just fine here - there is nothing disabled.

Are you connecting your Z axis to the correct pins ?
You mention pins 6 & 7 - in your .xml the Z axis is set-up on pins 4 (step) & 8 (direction).

Tweakie.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Z-Axis not responding / moving - Help debugging

« on: February 20, 2018, 07:22:30 AM »

Hi John,

If you could attach your .xml file then we may be able to spot the problem.
This file is in your Mach3 folder and it is called <your profile>.xml (typically Mach3Mill.xml)

Tweakie.