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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing and Reference all not happening
« on: December 04, 2011, 07:08:26 AM »
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7/  I then click on REF ALL button the X,Y,Z Buttons turn green, I don't get any movement by the axis lines
and the DRO's do NOT move either.

This should be Step 1, and this is what sets your Home position. It can be anywhere you want. Go to Config > Homing/Limits and make sure Auto Zero is selected for each axis, and the Machine Coordinates will be zeroed when doing a Ref All. As Brett mentioned, no movement will occur unless you have home switches installed.


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5/  Next, I jog to the centre of the table to set up the job in that position,
or location on the table. X axis shows DRO at 183.0067 - Y axis at 301.4575
and Z axis at 0.000.

This should probably be Step 2.

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1/   I zero my DRO's

Step 3. Once you setup your workpiece, and jog to where you want 0,0 to be, then you zero the axis.

Step 4 Now you can load the g-code. You can also load the g code as Step 2. Just depends on how you like to work.


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I have also put the Road Runner through it's paces, and all seems to be okay. EXCEPT at the end of the run
the Z axis remains down on the job. I think the z axis motor should home back to the top. should it not!!!!!!!!!

No. The machine does what the g-code tells it to, and the Roadrunner tells it to go to 0,0.2,0. Honestly, that last line looks like a typo, and should be changed to:

G0 X0.000000 Y0.000000 Z0.200000

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting motors to reverse rotation
« on: December 03, 2011, 06:45:25 PM »
Config > Homing/Limits > Reverse

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You can create a custom screen with only the controls you need on it. Sounds like the only way to get close to the safety you're looking for. Due to the way Mach3 works, entirely in software, it's very sensitive to external influences. With most other controllers, the motion is handled by external hardware, so anything you do on the PC doesn't affect the motion. Using an external motion controller with Mach3 might be better, but I still don't think you can open a wizard while the machine is running.

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Don't change any screens while the machine is moving, and especially don't load a wizard. When you load a Wizard, you effectively unload Mach3 and replace it with the wizard.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: rotate the toolpath display
« on: December 03, 2011, 02:57:10 PM »
Left click and drag in it. Hold down the left mouse button while dragging

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General Mach Discussion / Re: color of the display window
« on: December 03, 2011, 02:48:07 PM »
Config > Toolpath

You can change the colors of the lines, but Mach won't let you use some colors.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Errors
« on: December 01, 2011, 06:05:37 PM »
3.42.020 here, and never see any errors.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Errors
« on: December 01, 2011, 11:58:50 AM »
What version of mach3? I use an old version, and have never seen this error.

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FAQs / Re: Mach 3 loading problem
« on: December 01, 2011, 07:14:21 AM »
There's no difference between the trial and registered version, except for the presence of the license file.

And there are three alternating splash screens, which is why you are seeing different screens.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Run from here.......
« on: November 30, 2011, 08:16:30 PM »
Use "Set Next Line", then Cycle Start instead of Run from Here.

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