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Works in progress / Re: Screenset for my touch screen

« on: May 20, 2006, 06:04:08 PM »

Thanks I will give it a go tomorrow.

Graham.

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Works in progress / Re: Screenset for my touch screen

« on: May 20, 2006, 05:50:58 PM »

Great, thanks, I will set the hot keys to my liking so it wont be a problem.

Graham.

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Works in progress / Re: Screenset for my touch screen

« on: May 20, 2006, 05:39:42 PM »

Nice work Hood, I would love a copy for my touch screen when they are finished, if thats OK by you.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Initial set-up Mach 2 or 3

« on: May 20, 2006, 01:49:18 PM »

In answer to your question about the pin outs.

You only have a limited number of inputs and outputs on the parallel port so it all depends how many signels you require to drive all your components.

if you have 2 limit switches and a home switch on each axis all connected separately you would need 9 inputs and you only have 5, so its best to use the axis + limit as the home switch and link the 2 limits on the axis together, this way you only need 3 input pins.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Initial set-up Mach 2 or 3

« on: May 20, 2006, 01:20:14 PM »

All looks ok apart from the pulses per second looks a bit low, this will be shared between three axis so the max number of pulses per axis is about 4500, if you are going to use servos then they normally require about 6000 pulses each.

Go to www.artsoft.com and download the optimisation information and work through that, then run the tests again.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: The Forums really work!!

« on: May 20, 2006, 04:16:56 AM »

Not a problem.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: The Forums really work!!

« on: May 20, 2006, 03:46:59 AM »

Its not so much the software as the hardware you will need.

The grex will handle most of this but not it all, you may also need Modio and a keyboard emulator depending on how many external switches you want.

If you go to downloads at www.artofcnc.com you can get the mach2 user manual, this gives lots of detail about machine set up.

Once you know how you want to set up your machine, we can then help you with the fiddly bits.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: The Forums really work!!

« on: May 20, 2006, 03:29:58 AM »

The answer to all your questions is, yes it can be done.

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: N00b Question about Z axis

« on: May 19, 2006, 03:36:41 AM »

most mill type machines are set up with the Z axis working minus into the work

Graham.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: CAD CAM Software Prob

« on: May 18, 2006, 01:59:27 PM »

Hi,

send me the file by email and I will have a look at converting it for you.

Graham.