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General Mach Discussion / Re: New cnc router kit build

« on: May 25, 2016, 08:43:47 AM »

Never used one, but I thought I've read that the Huanyang does not use standard modbus. Most people use one of the two plugins for the Huanyang with RS-485

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: May 25, 2016, 08:42:02 AM »

It doesn't work with an ATC as supplied.
You'll need to modify the macros to handle your ATC.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Odd behaviour?

« on: May 14, 2016, 01:59:12 PM »

And fwiw, it's never happened to me either.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Odd behaviour?

« on: May 14, 2016, 01:58:26 PM »

Delete the M3 completely, and create a new one from scratch in Notepad or whatever editor you use.
Just type
DoSpinCW()





and save as "m3.m1s"

From what I've seen, if you create a new one, it usually stays OK.

And no, I don't supply that macro with the screenset. only the ones unique to the screenset.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Will MACH3 ever support 64-bit systems? Officially? FYI, it's 2010

« on: May 14, 2016, 06:35:03 AM »

The fact of the matter is that it's just not possible to do what Mach3 does on a 64 bit OS.

WHAT?

That doesn't make a bit of sense.  How on earth would a 64bit OS not be able to handle what a 32 bit OS can do?

Mach3's driver runs at a low level in the OS, very similar to a virus, and actually has some control over Windows. Microsoft has made changes to the OS that make this no longer possible.
It's not just some standard Windows program we're talking about. Mach3 needs to send up to 75,000 pulses, every second, to each of up to 7 axis, without Windows getting in the way.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Ref all button

« on: May 12, 2016, 07:47:23 PM »

Yes

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Can Mach3 recover RPM drops?

« on: May 09, 2016, 11:55:22 AM »

No, That's up to your spindle controller.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: TOOLPATH

« on: May 08, 2016, 07:49:35 AM »

I think it's just a bug in the value of the limits that's displayed. If you jog the machine so that the line on the toolpath display is aligned with the very top of the toolpath, you'll see that the part is in the same location both ways.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: TOOLPATH

« on: May 07, 2016, 08:19:46 PM »

It looks like the Y1.2104 is wrong.
It should be 1.3365 in both cases.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Mill with Windows 8.1 Pro install problem

« on: May 04, 2016, 10:56:24 PM »

BSOD are usually the result of defective hardware or bad drivers.