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General Mach Discussion / Re: Time to have new members have restricted posting rights

« on: November 06, 2007, 06:08:43 AM »

I traced one to the first hop, came from a Canadian government institution server.

Whacko

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 shutting down

« on: November 06, 2007, 02:37:14 AM »

This could become technical. Also, when last did you do a defrag on your hardrive? Then, you could also have a virus/worm/trojan causing instability. Especially since it is a dll issue. Do you connect to the internet with the computer in question?
Mach3 has done the same with me, but that's because I was editing a macro which was running in the background.
A suggestion, disconnect the parallel port and simulate the program, check if the crashes still happen. You could also check the CPU load. What is the CPU load while you are running Mach3?

Whacko

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Time to have new members have restricted posting rights

« on: November 05, 2007, 01:58:06 PM »

This might be interesting. http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin/2005-06/1297.html
This is more widespread than most people will want to admit. Eventually the whole web will be compromised.

Whacko

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Time to have new members have restricted posting rights

« on: November 05, 2007, 01:51:58 PM »

I think that a lot of users might carry a payload without knowing it. I suggest a housecall at Trend Micro or some other good cleanup software. There is some real cunning trojans out there. One is a variant of tagAsaurus. It uses your system to compromise the forum when you log on. Some really bad sh@# out there. Also check your Hyperterminal's buffer. It is used to gain access to your system. If you see anything there that does not look familiar to you, like"hydraoc.cpp" you'd better check your system.

Whacko

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 shutting down

« on: November 05, 2007, 01:35:05 PM »

Try running the Specialdriver.bat file in the Mach3 directory. You might have a hardware conflict. It could also be a Macropump issue? Are you running a macropump?

Whacko

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cutting aluminium with plasma

« on: November 04, 2007, 08:36:32 AM »

Try using nitrogen in stead of compressed air. Ideally, waterjet is the best for aliminium, but you can get good results with the HPR high definition plasma machines from Hypertherm. These units employ mixed gases like hydrogen, argon, methane to give a smooth cut.
If you want some more info, speak to your Hyperterm consultant in your area or go on the web to www.hypertherm.com. I sell these units on CNC machines as I am a Hypertherm OEM business partner, and also do the product support in my area.
If you can post a photo of the type of cut you are getting, I will tell you if you can get better with the Powermax1650.

Whacko for Hypertherm

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Table Question

« on: October 19, 2007, 06:05:23 PM »

What plasma power source are you using? Ussually the plasma on/off is control current, very low. Or are you setting up for Flame cutting?

Whacko

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General Mach Discussion / Re: modbus serial plugin enabled Scratching my brain over Brains?

« on: October 19, 2007, 05:59:28 PM »

Arnie, others can correct me if I'm wrong, but the tick box for Enable modbus plugin is for a specific brand. I think it's for the Homann modbus. You can still use a plc, just don't enable that particular setting.

Whacko

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Demo - printer port working?

« on: October 19, 2007, 09:29:29 AM »

Is it on the same PC? If not, try running the alternative driver .bat file.

Whacko.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: CAPACITIVE DECOUPLING OF tHE 20KHZ SIGNAL

« on: October 19, 2007, 09:16:53 AM »

Here goes! Thanks Brett.

Whacko