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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strage Z Touch Plate Problem

« on: November 07, 2012, 11:29:19 AM »

OK, I watched the video and have a better understanding. The DRO's counting is Mach3 doing the second probe, but for some reason you're drives aren't moving?

Also, between probes, the Z should only lift about 1/8". I have no idea why your's is lifting so high??? Is it hitting a limit switch when it goes up that high?
Do you have a Z home switch, and did you home the machine before the auto zero?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strage Z Touch Plate Problem

« on: November 07, 2012, 11:11:27 AM »

Hi,

Ive recently completed a build and having problems getting the Z touch plate to work correctly.
The machine has DMM servos and drivers installed and the usb controller from CNC4PC. The machine and all limits work fine, the input is solid for the probe too.

The problem is after the first detection the Z goes very high and stops, looking at the DRO's they continue to count, Im not sure if this is the encoder doing its stuff or what.
Ive tried Gerrys 2010 screen and big-tex, both do the same thing? All home switches work fine, changing the debounce makes no difference either.

Ive posted a video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn4gAOuBIZI sorry for the poor quality but youtube flipped the video over and degraded the resolution.

ANy help would be much appreciated.

Sorry, I didn't see this until now.

When it goes up and stops, is there a message displayed in the status bar? If it says "Probing Complete", then it's most likely that noise triggered the probe twice, and the probing routine finished.

As for the DRO's still counting after movement stops. That should never happen. It almost sounds like the drives have faulted and Mach3 is unaware of it? But if that's the case, then the macro might be still running?

Gerry

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Maximum file size.

« on: November 06, 2012, 04:43:54 PM »

With large g-code files, you may need to turn off the toolpath display, as it's very resource intensive. Once you turn it off, everything should work fine.

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: November 05, 2012, 07:42:26 PM »

There's an open source pendant that works with Mach3 on Kickstarter right now.
If anyone using the 2010 Screenset is interested in it, I'll have modified versions of the 2010 screens available when it's finished.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1651082654/jog-it-open-source-controller-pendant-for-emc2-and

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ventric problem

« on: November 05, 2012, 07:38:34 PM »

Sounds like you may have done something wrong in Cut2D then. Can you post your Cut2D file?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plunge is off from path

« on: November 04, 2012, 08:04:57 PM »

Can you post a picture?

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Finished Plugins for Download / Re: A new Huanyang VFD plugin

« on: November 04, 2012, 07:25:03 PM »

• Start Mach, do not hit reset (i.e. leave Mach) in the reset state
• Press the "spindle on" button (i.e the "spindle on/off toggle" button)

You really should make sure that if Mach3 is in reset, the plugin ignores all controls that affect the spindle.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plunge is off from path

« on: November 04, 2012, 07:08:15 PM »

Can you see it in the V-Carve preview?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Drawing software

« on: November 04, 2012, 07:06:21 PM »

What kind of machine?, not what size is it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Drawing software

« on: November 04, 2012, 04:29:48 PM »

Did you set the tool size in Cut2D to 0.493?
What material are you cutting?
Climb cut, or conventional?
Inside, or Outside?
What kind of machine?

There are about 100 things that can cause what you're seeing.