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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie Help Please to Stupid Question Number 1

« on: May 16, 2014, 06:16:22 PM »

Even if you got encoders up and working with your controller and Mach. There will be no corrective action. Just a fault/Estop if the distance commanded and the distance traveled are different. You could at that point, re reference the machine, advance the Gcode to the line where chaos occurred and hit run from here. Possibly.

Regarding the M commands. Try M3 S750. This would turn on the spindle in a clockwise direction (if all is set up correctly) at a a speed of 750rpm. I am not sure if Mach has a default with M3 so it might use the last commanded speed until it is reset with a new S command.

Parallel Port/DB25/Printer Port they are all the same thing. A Smoothstepper uses USB or Ethernet as the mode of communication with your machine. (I dont mean to imply 1 Smoothstepper will connect either way, There is an Ethernet model and A USB model).

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General Mach Discussion / Re: hello - daft ideas = thanks for looking

« on: May 16, 2014, 09:04:34 AM »

HeadsMess, Is the THC causing the short term memory loss? I heard it would do that (in a Cheech and Chong movie I think?)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What's setting free the magic smoke? Help please.

« on: May 16, 2014, 09:00:02 AM »

Can I borrow the rabbits foot when you are through? We have all been there or a place like it. You are not alone. Is there an intermediate harness? Are you testing the steppers right at the stepper itself or at the end of a long wire/bundle? Any connectors inline?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie Help Please to Stupid Question Number 1

« on: May 16, 2014, 08:54:47 AM »

Do the limits, skip the encoders. They are not necessary in a stepper system that is tuned properly.

Are you using an S speed when firing up the spindle? or a simple M3 or M4?

Are you running a Parallel port or Smoothstepper (or similar)?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 cant reach desired position .00x

« on: May 16, 2014, 08:49:11 AM »

On the general config page, check A axis is angular.

In the motor tuning section use a value of 200 x your micro stepping value to obtain the degrees (IIRC)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports

« on: May 14, 2014, 12:26:27 PM »

Give us hobbyists everything we need to become professional! ;-)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Purchase timing?

« on: May 10, 2014, 11:13:18 AM »

With M3 you could have it on as many machines as you desired. Will M4 be different in that way?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Sub - M30 acts like M47

« on: May 09, 2014, 08:28:59 AM »

   Overloaded, I got you covered on the screw ups. I felt guilty til I was talking with Brian on the phone 1 day and he said they were having a code party! Really? Who has a party revolving around the writing of code? I have a hard enough time reading anything about it. Glad somebody likes it though ;-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: reset Button somtimes Hits out

« on: May 04, 2014, 09:10:55 AM »

You are suffering from a noise condition. Raise the debounce level in the general config page. Not the index debounce.

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General Mach Discussion / Pin assignment

« on: May 03, 2014, 09:43:18 PM »

What type of switch is being used as a limit? Mechanical? Other? Can you test it independently of the driver?