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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Z axis raises when torch is fired
« on: February 10, 2012, 07:35:48 AM »
Mainly? Something you want to get off your chest there ma wee toorie bunnet wearing friend?  ;D

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This is bit of a grey area and that particular display should not be regarded as evidence that Mach is configured correctly.
Your such a diplomat Tweakie  ;D. You beat me to it but I was just about to post "Ignore them - they don't work and never have"  ;D

Ian

EDIT: This is mine and it rarely changes regardless of what's active and what's not. All the other diagnostic LEDs work of course.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Z axis raises when torch is fired
« on: February 10, 2012, 05:55:36 AM »
Just one problem....

If we (you  ;D) are not going to sort out peoples BOBs, SSs (other external motion cards are available), drives, motors, VFDs, spindles, tool-changers, power supplies, probes, pendants, machines of all makes etc. etc.

This place is going to get a little quiet.

That's not to mention CADs, CAMs....

Ian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Z axis raises when torch is fired
« on: February 10, 2012, 05:39:39 AM »
Wouldn't dream of it Hood - who would do such a thing?  ;)

Ian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Issue with THC in Mach3
« on: February 10, 2012, 04:43:17 AM »
Hi griffinf3 - welcome to the forum

post your .xml and we'll take a look.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Z axis raises when torch is fired
« on: February 10, 2012, 04:23:20 AM »
Answer to IAN, Probably because you are NOT yet swamped with folks that WON't read the manuals?????  Just a guess (;-)
LOL - you know what Terry - I reckon you're probably right!  ;D I guess I've got that coming.

Ian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Z axis raises when torch is fired
« on: February 09, 2012, 01:12:49 PM »
There is no setting as such. It sounds to me like your THC is responding to the arc voltage at fire-up and moving the axis BEFORE you've actually pierced.

Question to self: why am I trouble shooting CandCNC's products when I'm about to release my own THC - which I'll support and not expect CandCNC to do it?  >:D

Ian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No Y axis movement Easy Loader Plasma table
« on: February 09, 2012, 01:07:11 PM »
xml looks OK.

I did check the Y axis motor by connecting to the X axis driver, and that works fine, proving the motor is working correctly.

OK so we also know your parallel port pins 2 & 3 are OK AND that the cable lines 2 & 3 are OK AND that the cable earth is OK. So now try connecting your BOB pins 2 & 3 to your Y driver. Any commanded movement in X should then move Y. If that works it suggests pins 4 & 5 are suspect. If it doesn't it points at the driver.

(I'm assuming any LEDs on the drivers arn't giving us any clues?) - pics might be a help maybe.

Ian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Head Rises on M3 command
« on: February 09, 2012, 07:18:17 AM »
please don't double post especially when you havn't responded to a reply http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,20779.msg144539.html#msg144539

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No Y axis movement Easy Loader Plasma table
« on: February 09, 2012, 05:06:28 AM »
One question, the system we are running this on has an intergrated video card. The system requirements state:

"Non-integrated Video Card with 32MB RAM"

Could this be part of our problem?
I think every build I've ever done has used an integrated video card - never had a problem. Local conditions may vary.

every file posted here must have a name that hasn't been posted before. you need to make a copy of your xml file and rename it to something like bpsd123.xml then attach it.