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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help needed.
« on: October 15, 2021, 12:38:48 PM »
Check the direction wire for that axis at the drive for a loose or no connection. Check it also at the breakout board. Sounds like you may have a loose wire that makes connection intermittently.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange behavior of mach3
« on: October 13, 2021, 07:40:17 PM »
If I understand what you are asking, If you just changed one of the existing lathe or mill profiles it would probably get written over on a fresh install. If you created a new profile for your machine with a unique name it should still be there and would not be overwritten in the installation process. If that is the case create a new profile before you start to rebuild so it doesn't happen again.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 crashing while running code
« on: October 12, 2021, 07:31:10 PM »
it's configured so it won't auto update. But it has been having problems from the very beginning.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 crashing while running code
« on: October 12, 2021, 11:24:43 AM »
Ok so I started up the computer to the home screen in win10. Went into the house and transferred some code to the shop computer.  Sat for 20 minutes and when i got to the garage computer it crashed. So obviously its NOT A MACH4 ISSUE. I thank you Craig for trying to help. The problem is somewhere with windows 10 or I have some hardware issues. Maybe a bad motherboard or some bad ram? Shame because the computer is less than a year old and not even used until a few months ago. It just crashes to the point that it black screens (no video signal) and wont restart without unplugging it and plugging it back in. Already tried a different video card.  Who knows.

Again thank you!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 crashing while running code
« on: October 12, 2021, 05:09:13 AM »
I plan on running today so I will turn on logging before making parts and see what happens.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 crashing while running code
« on: October 11, 2021, 05:22:59 AM »
Mach4
Windows 10
ESS smoothstepper
Gecko drives

Standard stuff. How do I turn on logging?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 crashing while running code
« on: October 08, 2021, 05:55:22 PM »
Should have been more clear but the lathe ran for a few hours. I made maybe 60 pieces so the code had run 60ish times before the problem happened. I can print the entire program on a single sheet of paper. It's very short.

Also it is not predictable. Sometimes it runs for a few hours, sometimes it crashes in 15 minutes.

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Is it an issue with zooming in and out. Click the toolpath window and try to zoom in or out. Try double click and see what happens. Also try to regen tool path.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 crashing while running code
« on: October 02, 2021, 02:02:01 PM »
I have finally configured Mach4 and am starting to run parts. The other day i ran for a couple hours and the lathe just stopped. I looked over and the monitor was black and then went no video signal as if the computer just shut off. I rebooted and got maybe another 15 minutes and it crashed again.

I changed out the video card from a 4 gig to a 2 gig nvidia card and today I ran about 3 hours and crashed again. This time the computer recovered beck to the first screen in windows 10. I then rebooted for good measure and ran 2 more hours with no trouble and finished the job.

Anybody else having any trouble with unexpected reboots? I have checked to be sure the computer isnt going into sleep mode and no power saving stuff is turned on. Is there any known issues with my hardware that mach4 wont play well with my drivers? Too many network cards?



New computer (only a few months old)

nvidia G force GT1030 video card (2 gig memory)
3 network adapters. One Ethernet, One for lathe, One for future mill.
Smoothstepper ESS

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Cutting thin air
« on: September 25, 2021, 04:20:22 PM »
Z=0 should be the surface of the material. If you want to cut into the material a quarter inch you should set the final depth of cut to -0.250 (minus 0.250) in the mop. Anything below the surface of the material is a negative number. Your clearance plane should always be a positive number and set at a height so your cutter wont hit the material or the screws and clamps that hold it.

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