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General Mach Discussion / Re: X Limit switch challenges

« on: February 26, 2014, 10:59:55 AM »

   It is faulting with a limit switch error though they arent enabled? (I think I misunderstood your statement, it does appear your limit switches were enabled during your run)

   Back to the debounce setting (of which there are 2 but one is for the spindle ignore it) put a value of 1000 in there. Try again.

   My suspicion is now noise. Typically the shields are connected to the Star ground not the BOB's ground (though they may be tied together at some place).

   There is a machine side and computer side to BOB's, these must be kept isolated.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: spindle control help needed

« on: February 26, 2014, 10:55:18 AM »

Hood, You probably wrote it. Or maybe it was Rich? I am still trying to understand why Lupe was on the 50 yard line ;-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: X Limit switch challenges

« on: February 26, 2014, 09:13:21 AM »

    Sounds great, forward progress is always nice. Now just use a continuity tester on your switch circuit, should beep the whole time until the EStop button is pressed. Or it is a NO circuit/switch.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 26, 2014, 09:10:51 AM »

   You are in mm? Correct?

   What is your micro stepping value? If you are running 200 steps, then this is full step. I would most likely run a 10x micro stepping value with 2000 steps per. This would also make your theoretical resolution 10 times better.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: spindle control help needed

« on: February 26, 2014, 09:05:34 AM »

   jpeter, You arent the first to be confused with spindle set up. Nor will you be the last. I wouldnt have gotten it right even if I did read the manual.

   Yes I have read the whole thing a few times now and there is still plenty to misunderstand.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: wizzards not working

« on: February 26, 2014, 09:01:37 AM »

   Sum say? Who are you talking about?

   Newfangled wizards require a license the others do not. All will require the Mach license.

   Btw if you go to the Mach site here, http://www.machsupport.com/software/mill-wizard-beta/
you will notice a new "Mill Wizard" this runs independently from Mach. It does require a license too.

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General Mach Discussion / Ref all axis, and soft limits

« on: February 25, 2014, 11:23:18 AM »

How many steps per unit are you set up with now?

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General Mach Discussion / SAVING WORK LOCATION

« on: February 25, 2014, 08:42:37 AM »

2 wires and placing a check in the enable box of the input config screen is work? You will love the results.

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General Mach Discussion / Another newbe with a 3040Z CNC from China :(

« on: February 25, 2014, 08:34:48 AM »

Zasto you are probably right. Sure hope so for nvxwax to really get hooked!

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General Mach Discussion / X Limit switch challenges

« on: February 25, 2014, 07:57:09 AM »

Did the EStop ever come out of fault? If you are trying active low checked and unchecked and it didn't come out, it is defective, wired wrong or your pin assignment is wrong.
A simple wire as a jumper from 10 to ground will let you know quickly.