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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma tube cutting

« on: December 21, 2010, 05:03:40 AM »

I just need for start a simple gcode in order to cut for example a 50mm diameter hole.
The rotating axis will be the A and will be parallel to Y axis. the X axis want move.

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General Mach Discussion / Plasma tube cutting

« on: December 20, 2010, 05:33:22 PM »

Hello everyone
I'm building a flatbed plasma cutting machine, and i want to be able to cut holes on a tube, also.
The tube will be parallel to the Y axis and rotated probably from axis A with an extra servo driver/motor.
My question is how to configure mach3 to use either axis A or X depending if i want to cut a hole on a tube surface or just a normal sheet metal X,Y plane.
Also i need somehow to give the information to mach3 of the diameter of the tube in order to calculate the right feedrate and the steps per inch/mm for every different tube diameter i will cut.
Any help will be appreciated.
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins 2 & 3 dont work.

« on: May 06, 2010, 01:25:35 PM »

That explains everything, why isn't this documented in the installation manual?
Thank a lot Hood.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins 2 & 3 dont work.

« on: May 05, 2010, 04:32:37 PM »

Hello Hood.
I'm using servo drives witch accept step and direction pulses.
This was the only configuration on mach3 that i get the right pulses to my drives.If i don't select it then i don't get pulses i need.
I really don't know what a Max CL machine is.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins 2 & 3 dont work.

« on: May 04, 2010, 03:58:50 PM »

Arturod i try the version .036, even the version 1.84.. but exactly the same results.
I forget to mention the the option "Max CL mode enabled" is selected.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins 2 & 3 dont work.

« on: May 01, 2010, 05:00:08 AM »

I try another motherboard,same brand, same P/N and i get the same results.
No mater how i program the motor pins for the X axis or Y the keep pulsing at the output pins 4,5.
When i program this at the second parallel port everything is ok.
Should i program at the bios setup level the parallel port somehow else?
I just set it as a normal and not EPP, or bidirectional.
For the history the motherboard is a Kontron 886LCD/ATX(GV), but i already try three of them and i always get the same results.
Any help will be appreciated.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins 2 & 3 dont work.

« on: April 12, 2010, 01:56:12 PM »

Thank you tweake very much for the utility, but it just show me exactly what is happen at the port.
It does not matter if i program 2 & 3 pins it just keep pulsing only pins 4 & 5 and 6 & 7, although i program axis X 2 & 3 pins, port 1 and for axis Y 4 & 5 pins port 1. There is now way i can make the pins 2 & 3 work.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pins 2 & 3 dont work.

« on: April 11, 2010, 10:08:38 AM »

What do you mean with disabled?
I enable them in the menu pins & ports, as i did with pins 4&5 or do i have to enable them somewhere else?

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General Mach Discussion / Pins 2 & 3 dont work.

« on: April 10, 2010, 04:41:55 PM »

Hi everybody.
I can't get the output pins 2 & 3 make them work.
I try to set them in the port and pins menu, as motor X pulse & direction outputs but nothing happens.
If i try the same at pins 4 and 5 or 6 and 7 everything works fine.
What is so special with this to pins 2&3 that they don't operate?
Has anyone any ideas?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: OEMLed 111

« on: December 11, 2009, 02:11:26 PM »

Hi Whacko
I'm facing a similar problem with my plasma flatbed.
I want by pressing  the Feed hold button also to stop the plasma arc.
I was thinking by using the M5 gcode, but i don't now how.
Can you explain me your solution, to that problem, as you write before you manage to fix this.
Thank you in advance.