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Mach3 under Vista / Re: New setup for USB board by BSMCEO4U-PP Bitsensor

« on: April 09, 2024, 04:58:13 PM »

Hello Wvancura,
What a great help to receive these settings for my machine! 
I will reset my Ports and Pins as shown and report the results ASAP.
I can see that this information will be a real boon to all the many frustrated Mach3-ers who have faced this information vacuum.

Many thanks for taking the trouble to put us on the right track, at last 
Scintilla.

did you get your limits to work?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: setting up 3 axis probe for chinese 6040 cnc

« on: April 09, 2024, 12:37:01 PM »

can anyone help with limit switches on a 6040?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: GOTO ZERO works for Y and Z, but X changes each time...

« on: April 09, 2024, 12:34:53 PM »

How did you get the limits to work on the 6040?

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General Mach Discussion / cncest 6040 limit switch function & config

« on: April 08, 2024, 06:55:01 PM »

I cannot get the limit switches to be recognized on this machine. no indication that they are active. I have traced the wires and tested with a meter. Can someone help with setting them up?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Just got my CNC it came with Mach3. Should I upgrade to Mach4?

« on: February 07, 2024, 06:17:06 PM »

Thank you, you have confirmed my suspicions.  Its never as easy as it looks.
Time to learn more stuff. My 66 year old learner is a bit slower these days.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Just got my CNC it came with Mach3. Should I upgrade to Mach4?

« on: February 06, 2024, 07:47:28 PM »

Our company just got one of the cncest machines. It is running mach 3. I have found it impossible to set up homing on x and y no z axis limits. I will need to add those. any help is appreciated. We are thinking about changing out the controller.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: animatics motors

« on: May 03, 2008, 02:50:33 PM »

Thanks,
Please keep me informed if you will.
these motors are great and I really want to use them.

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General Mach Discussion / animatics motors

« on: May 03, 2008, 02:34:08 PM »

I have asked this before and got a response but I lost the email.
I am putting animatics motors on a manual mill.
Who is developing a MACH3 system to use these serial motors?
I think it was one of the moderators that responded but I cannot remember.
You may email me at jimwea@gmail.com.

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General Mach Discussion / D R O mode

« on: March 16, 2008, 02:36:09 PM »

I only have one mill.
It is a nice little grizzly vertical mill.
I would like to put a cnc package on it but I do not want to loose the manual functionality.
In short, I would like to turn the motors off and use the encoders for manual positioning.
in a DRO (directional read out) mode.
Is this possible now?
can it be added?

It would be really sweet to be able to square up a block real quick and then zero at a point and cut a bolt patern or a pocket.

Am I missing something?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Animatics motors?????????

« on: March 04, 2008, 11:06:34 AM »

I don't have the original documents but I might be able to get them.
I was hoping to use a laptop to run it.
I have the power supply and break out board.
I think that the software needs to run on NT or better so I will need a new tower to put in the shop.
that just means more$$.
It would be worth the effort for a more robust system.
I will need to think about it.