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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: December 12, 2015, 03:07:30 PM »

All signals in Mach4 , like switches and inputs should be left Active HI. , do not set any active low. If a signal is active low, then invert it
in Darwin. Darwin sends a signal "Active", and that signal is true if the config in Darwin says it is, low or high, so Darwins setting takes
precedence over Mach4. Darwin wasn't designed for Mach4, which is why two configs exist, also when it was attached many of m4's
calls did not exist, so its using signals as it see's them.

  Set all M4 signals to Active High, then tell Darwin if high or low is "Active"..


   If the DRO's are counting, then Darwin "thinks" its sending out, so your almost there, ensure the port number is
correct, if it is, you should have step pulses, otherwise the DRO's would not count.  If one find you cannot enable  
Mach4, turn off all inputs, in Darwin and in Mach4. When your jogging Ok, then turn on one signal at a time,
first in darwin, and see if all is OK, then turn that signal on in Mach4, and see if its OK.  This will lead you
to the trouble. If a signal in Darwin is set to activate Estop it will do so without M4's help, so you should probably
make sure no signal is set to EStop on active inside Darwin except perhaps ESTOP..  Sounds like
if you follow this process, youll be OK at this point..

Art
 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: December 11, 2015, 02:52:17 PM »

The two files should already exist in Mach4\Plugins , replace those two , the .sig and the .m4pw

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: December 11, 2015, 07:56:16 AM »

Hi guys:

 I did some experimental tracing and found the buffer error CAN get mixed with a signal set in the config to any signal
which can be told to trip an Estop. If one of your inputs is set to EstopOnActive.. you could get the buffer error instead of a
simple Estop..

  Id be interested in hat this new version does for you. You need only install the .m4pw and the .sig file to test. If you find
you no longer get buffer errors, but cannot get out of Estop.. Turn off input signals in Darwins config till you no longer get Estop..

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: December 09, 2015, 02:56:05 PM »

Settings would be meaningless Mark, but I agree with the previous suggestion, lets do this one step at a time..

Can you jog in Darwins config masks..?

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: December 08, 2015, 05:38:55 PM »

Hi Guys:

  I rebooted and ran some tests on mine to see if I could replicate it, or at least to see if Darwin is running OK on mine.

  Turns out I was on version 2778, and it tested fine so I updated to 2805 and again, all runs fine. My versions for current
level are 1.22 over 1.23 exactly as you have shown. The waveform should have nothing to do with it as so long as your not
actually moving there should be no buffer check. Your not getting a message to indicate a motor is set too fast.

  So Im stumped. I suggest you set your steps/unit to 1 on all axis as a test. Does this make any difference? Do the DRO's
show a number when this error occurs? How about a machine coordinate, does it look ridiculous? Im grasping at straws
as I cant replicate this here. But Ive looked in the code and it really shouldn't happen unless things go too fast....

Art
 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: December 08, 2015, 04:13:29 PM »

Is this true for both of you, that just hitting enable causes the error?  And no matter what it just goes back into estop?

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: December 08, 2015, 12:02:46 PM »

Mark:

 Theres a log button called "History" at the bottom of the scren ( left side), in wxMach.exe . Thats where Darwin sends any messages..

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: December 08, 2015, 07:51:27 AM »

Hi Mark:

   I tried to answer the email you sent me, but for some reason the mail itself locked up my thunderbird.. Couldnt read it, though I
could see your name as sender.

   So your getting an out-of-bounds error?  In pretty much every report of "Out of Bounds", the error
turned out to be the speed was set too high for the motors. But you shouldnt get that on enable, only on motion.

    What doe the error log show, and what do the versions in Darwins config page show. On the page with the slider for freq, there are two numbers
in the upper right corner of the config. What do they show.

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: November 11, 2015, 10:19:52 AM »

Mitch:

  Sounds like an old Darwin... is that the current version?

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: November 09, 2015, 02:23:49 PM »

 I would think 0xfff0 should work. You should be able to toggle a pin
in darwins config though and see it happen on the pin. If it doesnt happen the IO address
is wrong for that plug. It coudl be fff2 or fff4 , hard to say, Im not familiar with that card.

Art