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General Mach Discussion / Mach Just Stops

« on: April 08, 2011, 11:30:52 AM »

Ive been having a problem where Mach3 just stops.. Kinda like someone has hit the Estop or Limit switch.... Then When I try to reset and start cycle The router seems to have a mind of its own.. I've ruined 3 pieces of Corian so far and can't afford to keep this up... Does anyone have any idea where I should start looking for a problem? Sometimes it goes up to 27000 lines of code and other times it stops at 2500... not Right on those numbers but close... If I redo it from the complete start it will go past the 5465 whatever line and stop someplace else... On the Diagnostic page my pulse rate is solid... no Screen saver or Hard drive shut down... I have them set to never shut off..... Any input is Appreiceated.... Thanks In advance

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 28, 2011, 09:07:11 PM »

It's working great, Its nice to have the bottom of the V Groove bits meet up with the flat bottoms... Thanks for all your input....

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 27, 2011, 09:57:37 PM »

ok I have the auto tool zero working.... it comes down and touches the plate and retracts up 1".... Its not suppose to come down and touch then retract a few hundreds then slowly come back down at a slower jog... I seen a video of one doing that....

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 27, 2011, 05:02:02 PM »

Thanks guys for all the help. I found a parallel/serial port card in my wonderful box of odds and ends... I'm going to install it later today and see if I can config mach to see it... Then I can have the inputs that I need.... Thanks

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 27, 2011, 02:25:50 PM »

Don't Bail on me now Tweakie.. I'm thinking that I will have to make my Z Home switch a limit switch which will free up an input pin.. Then I can use the open input for the auto zero button... I wonder why Mach only gives you 5 inputs and so many outputs.... I'm just a few input short.......

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 27, 2011, 02:00:36 PM »

Enclosed is the Elec spec... Any suggestion is greatly appreciated

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 27, 2011, 01:44:03 PM »

Thanks Guys, I opened my control box and found that from the db9 connector which the probe is labeled for in the above pdf file is connected to pin 16 on the parallel port pin which i believe is not an input pin... X++ X- Y++ and Y- are configed to pin 15... Can I still connect the auto tool zero to pin 15 as well?

Thanks...

Btw the diagnostic page shows no lite LED when I touch the plate to ground. (I'm thinking cause MAch doesn't see it as an input because of the way its wired to pin 16)  I think I'm learning!!!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 27, 2011, 12:31:54 PM »

Ger here is the spec sheet i got with my machine. I have a db9 connector on the outside of the control box for limit and home switches... the spec shows that  the probe is connected to pin 6... how its wired on the inside i have no idea without opening it up... So would I use underr input signals enable probe and port1 pin 6 active low? When I do this as soon as i click the auto tool zero button i get an error saying that its already grounded. If i uncheck the active low. and hit the auto tool zero and /I ground the plate it doesnt stop.... Now when i put pin 15 under the pin number, it doesn't stop either....

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 27, 2011, 11:40:57 AM »

Tweakie Thank You.. Looks easy to do and I'll try it out today... I have pin #6 set for the probe and I believe I should use that instead of your pin #15.... I'll let you know how it works out for me.. And again thank you very much.. This Forum and the people in it are very helpful.... Oh yeah, I like the Laser idea too...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z limit Switch with a touch pad

« on: March 26, 2011, 11:22:03 PM »

Thanks Ger21, It looks real nice, I'm just learning MAch and Vectric, If I spend another Dollar on this machine I'm afraid I would be shot... But your program looks real nice.. I'm hoping that someone steps up and gives me directions on how to go about doing this... Hood has been very helpful to me thus far with many of my other questions.... There seems to be alot of people here that are very helpful... Have a great day!!!! And thnaks for the offer...

Dave