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Its letting me set it via override, says too fast for pulley. I am just confused what the actual RPM is I am spinning at. I think while at 3000 I am actually doing 5000 as it sounds that way. I guess I'll try reinstalling again

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Already saw that, using spindle 4 and the speed is set from 100 to 5000 rpm. When I change it to spindle 5 I can get it to go up to 12500 rpm on mach3 screen but its the same issue

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I reinstalled mach3 and copied over my xml file to the new install directory. I have a KX3 and my spindle max's out at 5000 rpm. However, now in Mach3 if I go above 3000 rpm, there is no increase in speed/sound coming from my machine. I think it is actually spinning at 5000 rpm but for some reason its showing up in Mach3 at 3000rpm. Any drop below 3000rpm I will notice the sound/speed difference on the machine. Any ideas?

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Ethernet SmoothStepper first test
« on: February 27, 2012, 11:41:49 PM »
It seems to work now that I moved it to Step and Dir (4 pulse width) instead of Relay or PWM. Is 4 pulse width the correct number to put? I am using the Sieg KX3.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Ethernet SmoothStepper first test
« on: February 22, 2012, 05:53:34 AM »
Hmm right now its set in ports and pins config as

steppin# 14
dirpin # 16
Dir low active enabled
step low active enabled
step and dir port 1

Should I maybe play around with this setting?

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Ethernet SmoothStepper first test
« on: February 22, 2012, 12:21:29 AM »
Using the KX3 profile and it works fine on my desktop computer with a parallel port. Same setting for the pin no?

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Ethernet SmoothStepper first test
« on: February 21, 2012, 11:57:02 PM »
I got mach3 connected to the smoothstepper ethernet and it moves my Sieg KX3 axis fine but it does not turn on the spindle. Is there any settings I need to set for this?

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Ethernet SmoothStepper first test
« on: January 23, 2012, 07:31:04 PM »
Thanks y'all, I guess I will wait for my machine to come then I will play with it.

Another question,

The board has 4 female connections, 3 that can be connected to a parallel plug, which one do I use? I was thinking the one at the top, not any of the 2 on the side. Are the other 2 used to control multiple machines? I assume the 4th plug is for a different type of plug.

Also is it okay if I manually ground or apply 5V to some of these pins sticking out without it being connected to a parallel port? I want to play around with some of the pin settings on mach3 but don't want to mess anything up.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Ethernet SmoothStepper first test
« on: January 23, 2012, 06:41:58 AM »
So I should be fine following the 2008 instructions for the USB mode for those settings yah? For now at least. Also I am running this on Windows 7 64Bit

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Ethernet SmoothStepper first test
« on: January 23, 2012, 06:26:47 AM »
I just got a smooth stepper ethernet and followed the instructions at http://cnc4pc.com/Tech_Docs/Ethernet_Smooth_Stepper.html to set it up. I set it up using the Mach3 Milling profile. I have never used Mach3 and won't even have my CNC machine until later this week but am trying to have everything prepared so I can start playing with it right away.

The smoothstepper seemed to connect just fine, a bunch of lights come on the board, powering it with my arduino, might use the arduino later to add some sensors and such.

Anyways, should I resume the instructions from the USB board http://warp9td.com/documentation/SmoothStepperUserManualV1.0.pdf to configure Mach3 for this? There was no Mach3 configuration document for the Ethernet board from what I received. I need to know the kHz settings etc, is it the same as the USB board?

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