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General Mach Discussion / MAXNC 10 pinout issues

« on: March 15, 2007, 05:50:02 AM »

thank you Brian Barker for the tip.  I have viewed a couple of the videos and loaded the Mach 3 program.  Yes I rebooted after installation.  I have plugged in my old MAX-NC-10 and all that happens is the spindle motor takes off and the X, Y and Z steppers remain dormant and de-energised. 

I think I need to assign the printer port pins to the respective MAX-NC-10 pins.

I do not recall receiving any wiring information with the MAX-NC-10 when I bought it - just a floppy of the driver code - it came assembled.  Can anyone point me to where I can find the appropriate mapping of MACH 3 settings to MAX-NC-10 hardware pins.

BTW,  what is the MAX-NC-10 "WAVE DRIVE" tick box in the configuration screen?

thanks
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Old MAXNC 10 newbie questions

« on: March 14, 2007, 10:37:52 PM »

Some years ago I bought a MAX-NC 10. 

From memory the software was for DOS, maybe WIN95 or 98.   I never used it but a friend did for a few small jobs.   I am now wanting to get the MAX-NC 10 out of mothballs and use it to cut small wood and soft metal parts in my small home workshop.  Will MACH 3 drive the MAX-NC-10 or is there something else?  Is TurboCAD compatible (makes DXF files just fine).  I use TurboCAD 11 for 2D drawing and previously used it to generate files for a ShopBot I had back when I had a big home workshop so I am not a complete novice but pretty close. 

I have not yet found a newbie forum here - so much to look at.  Can someone point me in the right direction please?

Cheers
BrianT