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So you have X, Y, and 2 Z axes.  Mach can control both Z's.  That's 4 axes and Mach is capable of 6.  Most BOB's are set up to handle 4 axes.  I like PMDX products, so if it were me, I'd call Steve at PMDX and ask him if there is a way you can run two of his VFD boards on a single BOB. 


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I would toss the electronics and go with a PMDX-126 BOB and Gecko 201X drives.  I've done a bunch of retrofits on old machines and it's always easier to just start with new electronics rather than trying to get old, outdated stuff working.  If you need a new motor power supply, Keling has pretty good deals on unregulated supplies.

Why do you need 2 parallel ports?  Mach supports 6 axes.  If you have X, A (slaved to X), Y, Z, and your basic limits, home and estop, you shouldn't need a second PP.  If you do have a lot of additional inputs, the PMDX-126 has inputs for a second PP.  In that case you would need a second PP in the PC.

263
General Mach Discussion / Re: Output Pins
« on: February 11, 2012, 08:36:41 PM »
I find the DL series PLC's easier, but they cost a little more.  Arduino doesn't have Modbus built in to communicate with Mach.  As Hood suggested, Pokeys would be more economical ass it's just a USB device. Depends on how "industrial" you want to go.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Output Pins
« on: February 11, 2012, 01:40:07 PM »
I think if you need more than what one port can provide, you're better off with a PLC.  PLC's are cheap now-a-days.  You can buy a CLICK PLC for what a good PCI parallel port card costs.

265
General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange CV behaviour
« on: February 04, 2012, 06:36:47 PM »
This code comes from a simple app that I wrote a few years ago.  I rarely use it which is why I haven't noticed the issue before now.  I use SheetCAM for my day to day work, which does output arcs.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange CV behaviour
« on: February 04, 2012, 04:13:44 PM »
Problem solved by removing the feedrate from every line.  Thank for that tip Ian.  It must have slowed the interpreter enough to cause a pause at each line.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange CV behaviour
« on: February 04, 2012, 09:02:30 AM »
Thanks Ian.  That makes sense.  Could be at some point I was monkeying with that post.  I'll give that a try today.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange CV behaviour
« on: February 03, 2012, 06:53:24 PM »
Might have something to do with the distance between the points.  The above circle is 1" in diameter with 180 points.  This circle is 20" in diameter with 180 points.  It runs through the first 3 points in exact stop mode then finishes the rest of the circle in CV.  Seems like a circle less than 10" in diameter cause Mach to run in exact stop.  The larger the circle the smoother it runs.  I can set the acceleration down to 5 or less and that smooths it out, but that's way too slow for everyday use.

Regardless of how large the circle is...12" or 48"...the first 3 points always run in exact stop, then the last 177 points run in CV.

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M03
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M05
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M30

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General Mach Discussion / Strange CV behaviour
« on: February 03, 2012, 06:08:10 PM »
Just noticed this issue.  When cutting a circle made up of individual line segments, Mach is running in exact stop mode even though it is in CV mode.  None of the CV boxes are checked on general config.  The same circle written to use arcs cut fine.  The offending code is below.  The circle below is code that I've run before successfully, but I don't know how long ago it was, so this is a problem that has come on fairly recently.  Other programs seem to run fine.  Has anyone seen anything like this?  Is there a CV setting somewhere that I changed that could cause this? 

Thanks

G20 G40 G91.1 M7
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M03
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G01 X0.924 Y0.765F80
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G01 X0.9045 Y0.7939F80
G01 X0.894 Y0.8078F80
G01 X0.883 Y0.8214F80
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G01 X0.9494 Y0.2808F80
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G01 X0.9698 Y0.329F80
G01 X0.9755 Y0.3455F80
G01 X0.9806 Y0.3622F80
G01 X0.9851 Y0.379F80
G01 X0.9891 Y0.396F80
G01 X0.9924 Y0.4132F80
G01 X0.9951 Y0.4304F80
G01 X0.9973 Y0.4477F80
G01 X0.9988 Y0.4651F80
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M05
G00 Z0.375
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M30

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I missed that.  You should be able to run MUCH higher than that.  We can go over 100 with a 300 pound gantry and 640oz/in motors with 3:1 belt reduction.