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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing sometimes stops before hitting home switch.

« on: April 22, 2024, 08:47:53 AM »

Do you have a limit switch and the home switch on the same input, if so disable all the limit switches and see if that helps.

Yes you can put .062 over .066 but try this first.

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Mach3 Circles - weird behavior

« on: April 17, 2024, 07:38:23 PM »

Post your code and a drawing of what you are trying to cut.

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Mach3 Circles - weird behavior

« on: April 15, 2024, 08:55:18 AM »

Check you have the correct circle mode set incremental or absolute, this can be set in the config or in the g-code using G91.1/G90.1

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Load Gcode File not working in macro

« on: April 08, 2024, 06:51:16 PM »

I do not see how that can work, all the internal code pointers will be screwed up.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: ESS + MB3 wiring help

« on: April 05, 2024, 02:20:02 PM »

What are you using the encoder for?

In most cases you need A and B to give you the count, the Z channel can be used with the homing but you also need a switch to say you are close to the home position and then use the Z channel to find the exact point.  So you need a motion card that can handle precise homing or 2 stage homing or slow down homing or what ever they call it on there system.

 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: input to stop machine

« on: March 27, 2024, 10:59:15 AM »

Why not just wire it through the e-stop circuit.

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Tangent Corner / Re: ROMAX CNC WD1 x axis RUNNING WILD

« on: March 10, 2024, 09:09:06 PM »

What happens if you use MDI, enter this code and see if it works right:-

Enter in MDI and press enter,

G01 G91 X2. F5.

Then try,

G01 G91 X-2. F5.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help with mach 3, starting cut position

« on: March 10, 2024, 08:52:40 PM »

It looks like you are using a 3 axis post, you need to use a 4 axis post in Fusion.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Calibration problem with Y axis

« on: February 22, 2024, 01:42:46 PM »

Did you calculate the steps per using the screw pitch and steps per rev of the motor and any gearing or did you use 1200mm distance and the wizard?
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: X-Y goes crazy when hitting a radius.

« on: February 07, 2024, 02:56:03 PM »

Crop circles could be the IJ mode setting in general config, this can also be set in your CAD/CAM output.

Do you need 2 LPT ports?

What version of Windows are you running?

What settings do you have in Port#1 and Port#2?