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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports and pins

« on: December 21, 2008, 04:48:17 PM »

It's a 2.2 Ghz HP w/ windows xp 2002 version. i followed the Mach requirements for Ram. I will try reinstalling Mach-- anything i should be aware of in doing that?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports and pins

« on: December 21, 2008, 04:31:42 PM »

attached

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports and pins

« on: December 21, 2008, 03:55:47 PM »

see attached. by the "greenish box in the upper left hand corner of the screen', I mean the one where I think Gcode is supposed to be displayed, and it has a horizontal white stripe across the middle of it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports and pins

« on: December 21, 2008, 03:10:53 PM »

Hood, I just sent an email to your PM, but then realized that this would be better. Just tried to do the first run w/ my machine, loaded a file, which appeared in the File line, pushed Cycle Start, but nothing happened. I can jog all three axes, the Diagnostics page is clean, there are no error messages, and the Reset button is not blinking. Any suggestions?
Thanx, Bob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports and pins

« on: December 20, 2008, 03:04:50 PM »

I can believe it. Re: jogging off limit switch, problem solved. Thanks again, bob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports and pins

« on: December 20, 2008, 12:32:16 PM »

I'm pretty sure I did, but when i tried to do it again this morning, my mouse stopped working and i need to solve that before i can do a double check. don't you ever sleep?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports and pins

« on: December 19, 2008, 09:14:57 PM »

I really didn't mean to be back so soon..... I went to Settings, Special Functions, Auto Limit Override, and clicked on it (it turns green), but the axis won't move. The red light at the Manual Override is blinking, and doesn't change either to green or stop when I click on it (the Override Limits button). Any ideas?
Thanks, Bob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports and pins

« on: December 19, 2008, 08:17:05 PM »

javascript:void(0);javascript:void(0); thank you once again, until the next time.
all the best, bob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports and pins

« on: December 19, 2008, 07:51:54 PM »

Hood and Ray,
OK, I'm back and I think everything is good. I jogged over to a limit switch and the machine stopped, the reset button started blinking, and the error message said " limit switch tripped". Now, how do I jog off the switch? Do I short the 2 wires coming from the switches?
Thanks again, Bob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ports and pins

« on: December 19, 2008, 06:22:51 PM »

i'll try that, but it may take a while -- the old lady just got home and she needs attention. thanks for the effort, again.
bob