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Mach Screens / Re: Mach3 displays wrong valde?

« on: June 22, 2022, 02:04:14 AM »

If you recently recalibrated your axes and you do not have whole number for steps per, the "error" is what you will see .
My machine is metric and I edited my screens to display only two decimals.
Rounding errors are quite normal.

NEVER rely on displayed coordinates for further calculation. You should always use your CAM software for generating G-code.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motor tuning settings

« on: June 04, 2022, 02:16:25 AM »

Use th same settings that you had in GRBL

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach Blue Probing by Big-Tex - new version 3.4 avaliable soon

« on: April 29, 2022, 12:46:05 AM »

As the gdrive link is non functional, here is another that will stay for much longer.
Do not be afraid of russian language, I use that cloud service as it is cheap.

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/6mtg/2WYpmeTvD

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Makers guide Touch Plate Set Up

« on: January 13, 2022, 12:16:54 PM »

https://www.avidcnc.com/support/instructions/archived/accessories/touchplate/

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Framing

« on: January 08, 2022, 06:23:48 PM »

I guess that kamon1 is the laser one

The code for button would be very simple, e.g.:

Code: [Select]

XMin = GetOemDRO(4)
XMax = GetOemDRO(10)
YMin = GetOemDRO(5)
YMax = GetOemDRO(11)

Code "G0 X" & XMin & " Y" & YMin
While IsMoving()
Wend
Code "G0 X" & XMin & " Y" & YMax
While IsMoving()
Wend
Code "G0 X" & XMax & " Y" & YMax
While IsMoving()
Wend
Code "G0 X" & XMax & " Y" & YMin
While IsMoving()
Wend
NOT TESTED!! Just from top of my head.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Framing

« on: January 08, 2022, 05:34:12 PM »

@Cad cam man: Framing is mostly used by people running laser cutters/engravers.

@kamon1: I think that it can be done, you just have to edit a screen set that you use and add abutton that will hold a piece of VB code to do framing, and there are DROs that have info on your program limits:

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General Mach Discussion / Re: computer shuts down when I try to load Mach 3

« on: January 08, 2022, 02:58:56 AM »

From what you've written, you have INSTALLED Mach 3 on your W10 computer
Installation file should be SAVED on your W10 computerand transferred to your W7 computer. Just that, just one file.
Then you run that file on your W7 computer to (re)install Mach3.

How to just save the download on Win10 instead of running it - I cant tell you. I have nothing newer than W7 on my computers, and for surfing, reading firums, ... I use my Linux machine.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: computer shuts down when I try to load Mach 3

« on: January 07, 2022, 04:41:57 PM »

Do you need a pair of glases?

It is the first squarish red button in which is written DOWNLOAD MACH3

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General Mach Discussion / Re: computer shuts down when I try to load Mach 3

« on: January 06, 2022, 10:50:48 AM »

You can download it to the W10 computer and transfer it to your work one over UCB Stick
My advise is to keep work computer away from Internet.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: computer shuts down when I try to load Mach 3

« on: January 06, 2022, 03:07:07 AM »

@olddude: Of course that the license file looks "funny" as it is encrypted in some way. It is not a plain text file (that is the reason it cost some $)

@airnocker: Even it is named 3.043 only, in fact it is 3.043.062, see attached picture. As my memory serves, 066 had more bugs that were introduced, so it was decided to ditch that version and declare 062 as the last one.
Development of Mach3 finished some, if I remember, seven years ago so our wishes for bug fixes and program enhancements would be just barking in the wind.