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SmoothStepper USB / Re: EasyPC New smooth stepper

« on: September 18, 2014, 11:33:30 AM »

Oh Dear Gerry

Have I purchased a 'pig in a poke'

Anyone out there using one of these ?

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SmoothStepper USB / EasyPC New smooth stepper

« on: September 18, 2014, 03:47:40 AM »

Been Running Mach 3 on my router table for 5 years or so with no issues.
I have now converted my benchtop mill to 3 axis ballscrew and have purchased a ' Revolutionary 3 Axis Mach3 CNC USB Smooth Stepper Motion Controller Card 200KHz' which is USB to run from my Laptop. Ebay £106.00
No docs but did come with drivers so plugging it into the laptop was fine as the board was recognised and the wee red light comes on.
However this seems to be different from the Smooth Stepper discussed here.

Is there a special Plugin for this board

How do I tell Mach 3 to talk to the USB port rather than the Parallel port ?

Any help will be very much appreciated.

I have attached a PDF of the board ,

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: Cant jog of the limit switch

« on: April 19, 2013, 04:24:36 PM »

Many thanks Bret, that's where it was hiding :-)

All working fine now.

Regards

George

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Cant jog of the limit switch

« on: April 18, 2013, 03:51:45 PM »

Finally!
I got my inductive proximity switches working correctly.
X Y & Z all go to the home position when the Home Key is pressed. Hooray!

Now the problem,

If I set the x--- to be the same as my X home. Now when triggered I cant Jog away from it to a safe position. ??
Message is correct saying 'Xlimit switch triggered' but pressing 'Reset' has no effect

Have I still got it wrong ?

Thanks

George

195

General Mach Discussion / No shuttle detected of type selected

« on: January 13, 2013, 07:36:49 AM »

Never had an issue before, but went to use my machine this morning and I have no physical movement of any axis. DRO's respond to keypressess.
I get the message 'No shuttle detected of type selected'
Did I do something with my configuration ?

196

Works in progress / Re: Mach3 2010

« on: November 04, 2012, 06:21:00 AM »

Great work I am loving it

Hi Geri,
I'd like to try your Mach3 2010. If I dont like can I revert to my original or will I need to do a re-install ?

George

197

Screen designer tips and tutorials / Screen4 clunky

« on: November 03, 2012, 01:37:42 PM »

I downloaded and ran Screen4. It's very clunky, freezes and refuses to respond often. Almost unusable. (I did set the default directory to point to MAch3 folder)
I'm using Vista, anybody else have these issues?

My other PC which I run XP on runs fine ??

Hopefully someone can help.

Thanks

George

198

General Mach Discussion / Re: Adding buttons for Scripts

« on: November 03, 2012, 12:38:04 PM »

Thanks Gerry, all done now.
Works a treat.

George

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Adding buttons for Scripts

« on: November 03, 2012, 10:51:43 AM »

Thanks Gerry, I have downloaded Scree4 and will go lookie see.

George

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Adding buttons for Scripts

« on: November 03, 2012, 10:29:02 AM »

Gerry, that looks good. I have watched the tutorial. Is Scree4 part of Mach3 or do I need to download it ?
Cant find it in my Mach3 directory.

George