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General Mach Discussion / Re: Missing steps! Upgraded my screw drive to R&P

« on: December 17, 2011, 05:42:01 PM »

How do the steps/ per unit  compare from the old setup to the new setup?  Close? not so close?

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Missing steps! Upgraded my screw drive to R&P

« on: December 17, 2011, 05:06:35 PM »

What you need to understand with your conversion IS with the R&P it normally requires MORE motor torque than you needed with a Screw. This is because with the R&P you cannot get the reduction you had with a Screw. Yes you get more speed BUT that comes at a price of needing more torque to drive it.

The R&P i have seen either use belt reduction(which can limit top speed) or LARGE motors to drive them.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Machine jumps when in program and looking at last wizard

« on: December 14, 2011, 07:03:05 PM »

YEP Pretty much dead, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Gcode Primer Manual

« on: December 14, 2011, 01:03:22 PM »

HIYA RAY. THAT is why their is just a LINK to the manual and NOT the manual itself.  ANYONE can read the material and it was placed there to download.

ALL printed or recorded material is technically copywrited to the original authur.

IF you read the copywrite exclusion it says cannot be used FOR PROFIT without permission. (;-)

(;-) TP

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Modbus / Re: multiple serial modbus slaves

« on: December 14, 2011, 10:42:43 AM »

HI Ian , Still not totally sure whether you can or can't. By the looks of the plugin you should be able to address multiple slaves. BUT that may be going through another Modbus unit and then out to more Units indirectly.

I have read where it may be possible thru the Brains side , But brains can be very limiting themselves.

Probably the person to ask would be Peter Homann as he is the supporter of Modbus in the Mach3 world.

I'll give him a shout to make absolutly sure(maybe) , (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and THC Problem

« on: December 14, 2011, 10:37:14 AM »

THe best approach would be to get with the MANF of the Capacitance height controller. They are the only ones for sure that will KNOW how it is suppose to work.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Gcode Primer Manual

« on: December 14, 2011, 10:31:53 AM »

For those looking for a decent Gcode Primer to add to their libarary check this out. It is the Haas Gcode programmer manual work book.  The Hass Gocdes are very close to Mach3. Just overlook the ones that Mach3 does not support. OR email Andrew to have them put in MACH3 (;-)

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.egr.unlv.edu/~kevinn/CNCworkbooks/MillProgrammingBook.pdf&sa=U&ei=hrjoTtipPISbtwe4nM3KCg&ved=0CCQQFjAF&usg=AFQjCNHvCT-zo5fQm5b-vthja5wdLDJfkg

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What is this relay? See attached image and what is the "charge pump" cct for?

« on: December 13, 2011, 10:49:54 PM »

These are things you need to be asking the Manf of the machine.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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Modbus / Re: multiple serial modbus slaves

« on: December 13, 2011, 07:57:09 PM »

Ian here is the limited news   http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,19552.0.html

(;-) TP

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Modbus / Re: multiple serial modbus slaves

« on: December 13, 2011, 05:38:46 PM »

IAN Let me do some snooping to verify that. I would guess the IMPORTANT question IS can Mach3 handle more than 1 serial port at a time?


(;-) TP