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General Mach Discussion / Re: Spindle control from Mach3

« on: February 25, 2018, 04:17:11 AM »

The available documentation on the HX-WS400 is almost non-existent but it does appear to accept a 5Volt PWM for speed control. My best suggestion is that you set-up Mach3 to output a PWM on an output pin then try connecting this to your controller.

You may find this thread and the associated links of interest. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,27447.0.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New Version of MachProfile

« on: February 24, 2018, 07:40:31 AM »

Your Mach Profile is something I have never tried but I will now. Thanks Klaus for all your excellent work.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New Version of Edgefinder

« on: February 24, 2018, 07:38:20 AM »

As always, such excellent wok Klaus. Thank you for sharing.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New version of Camera plugin

« on: February 24, 2018, 07:35:18 AM »

Excellent work Klaus, thank you for sharing.

Tweakie.

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

« on: February 24, 2018, 02:03:41 AM »

Sorry guys, my mistake - I was picking up the wrong .xml file at my end.

As John suspects, it could be bad pins on the parallel card or the BoB.

Tweakie.

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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.