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SmoothStepper USB / Re: ess mach 3 and win 8

« on: April 10, 2013, 12:28:12 PM »

I don't need to try and type from my phone. sorry Jeff. one problem i found was wiring between the ss and the board. i double checked everything and there are more lights on ( thats good i think) now i just realized that i have 2 ports with the ss and the instructions i have are for 1 port. i try and run the configurator (in bootp mode) and it is not getting a response however when i ping it it gets back all of the packets. i just don't know enough to figure out how to configure. when i run the test button i get movement which leads me to believe it is somewhere either in software  (and configuring which i know is part of it.) i just would like someone to help point me on how to setup for 2 ports and start to move in the right direction. Thank you Jeff and sorry about the garbled message !!-Andy

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: ess mach 3 and win 8

« on: April 10, 2013, 01:25:29 AM »

what i meant to write is that the dumba! that wired between ess and main board screwed up one of the co+ection (hooking up a wire so it l9ked like an esher paintin .now that i have redone those 2 wires i wi? give it a go in the morning. lol when a? else fails.....in everything.back to fundementals!  lol i wi? report back.thank you Je#.

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: ess mach 3 and win 8

« on: April 09, 2013, 09:48:54 AM »

right now i keep getting an e4or about jd write code? i am headed to my shop in a ibit but i c+ot find what this means. any ideas. thanks

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SmoothStepper USB / ess mach 3 and win 8

« on: April 09, 2013, 12:03:41 AM »

I was wondering who has done this setup before i would like to find a resource for some problem solving.leave me a pm. i am frustrated with it and it would help to have someone to drop a line to. thanks immensely - Andy

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: ESTOP not assigned to SmoothStepper Input?

« on: April 07, 2013, 05:37:10 PM »

i love you hood! you have no idea how long i worked on this this afternoon!!_CAM

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General Mach Discussion / Re: help.......client wake up board?

« on: April 04, 2013, 06:41:28 PM »

okay thats what i'm working on now....that makes sense thank you!

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General Mach Discussion / help.......client wake up board?

« on: April 04, 2013, 03:44:06 PM »

I keep getting a client wake up board does not respond note.......running smoothstepper ethernet with win 8.......what does that mean and how can i fix it. thanks in advance-Andy

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 help/ machine build?

« on: February 19, 2013, 09:19:18 AM »

thanks so much Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach 3 help/ machine build?

« on: February 19, 2013, 12:13:47 AM »

So Brett, i need smoothstepper and cables, what else do i need that i have not thought about to run this on windows 8, just thought i would pick your brain before i pull the trigger- Thanks so much for your help-Andy

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General Mach Discussion / mach 3 help/ machine build?

« on: February 17, 2013, 02:36:08 PM »

I have a series 1 bridgeport cnc . I run bobcad on a windows 8 system and am ready to put it all together. only problem i have found though is i am set up w/ a parallel port and according to what i have read a parralel port with mach3 will not work w/ a 64 bit system i will need an external drive. what exactly does that mean, how have some of you figured out to do this and howwould you recommend. i am not exactly sure what they mean by external drive system. Thanks for your help.

                                                                                            Andy
                                                                                                Weatherford, Texas