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General Mach Discussion / Upgrading question 32bit vs 64bit, USB vs Parallel , Mach 3 vs Mach4 HELP!

« on: December 31, 2013, 10:43:16 AM »

Hey Gang!

So I have a question I am hoping a few people can help with!

So Currently I have a G540 Gecko controller and I am running Windows XP in 32bit (4gigs of ram) because I read somewhere that the 64bit version of windows has some issues with printer drivers and what not.

SO!  I am doing some early investigation about what I need to do to move up to Windows 7 or 8 in 64bit mode.

So the obvious first question is, am I going to need to upgrade the Controller?

1 – Will Mach 4 support a printer port version for 64bit  or is it more complex then that?

2 – Will I need to upgrade my Controller to a USB version?

2.b – If I have to upgrade to USB to be able to use a 64bit OS, will Mach3 work? Or will I need to wait for Mach4?


I understand not everyone is in the know of all this, but if ANYONE has knowledge or even tidbits of information  Please feel free to post a link or help..

Thanks,

Most Appreciated!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with Mach3 , Gcode or BobCad! and I am not sure whats going on!!

« on: November 10, 2013, 03:55:37 PM »

porbably can, but I am not wise in the way of bobCad yet. still learning.

I am sure I will find it. but its not the end of the world, if it doesnt.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with Mach3 , Gcode or BobCad! and I am not sure whats going on!!

« on: November 10, 2013, 09:48:50 AM »

blah, ok  i wil need to consider upgrading. it looks better in 25 for sure.

just the learning stuff i have is with v24 and i am not crazy about change in the middle of it.

thanks a bunch, you a gentleman a and good judge of whiskey.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with Mach3 , Gcode or BobCad! and I am not sure whats going on!!

« on: November 09, 2013, 08:58:02 PM »

I opened the drawing in bobcad, and did a verify.

2 rectangles , the outside one is like 2mm bigger.
the inside one is a pocket.

basically, I am only taking like 2mm pocket in the Geometry, just to prove I can actually make it do anything,

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with Mach3 , Gcode or BobCad! and I am not sure whats going on!!

« on: November 09, 2013, 08:49:32 PM »

Thanks ever so much

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with Mach3 , Gcode or BobCad! and I am not sure whats going on!!

« on: November 09, 2013, 08:46:16 PM »

weird, I am sure I posted it today, but it vanished, oh well. here it is now

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with Mach3 , Gcode or BobCad! and I am not sure whats going on!!

« on: November 09, 2013, 08:41:26 PM »

Ok that sounds correct.

Z issue is as said above, there is no G0 called so the G53 will move at the current feedrate which is 6mm/min.

The code is telling Mach to start at the right hand end of the stock, so that is correct.

Hood

Ok so before I forget , thanks a boat load. I am loving this personal treatment.

The G0 in front of the G53 made everything work as I think it should.

now, the Start on the right is a bit annoying, but I can live with it.  I am going to try an understand why.

near as I can tell, Bobcad displays the sample starting from the left, but its starting on the left.  but I think I can put up with it till I figure it out.


again! thanks for the tons of help. most appreciated

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with Mach3 , Gcode or BobCad! and I am not sure whats going on!!

« on: November 09, 2013, 08:25:13 PM »

so , I am in the shop, and I am doing the following.

ref all home

I moved the head down, so as not to hit anything, then zero'ed everything

so from the controller:

i hold the Z- button, and the head travels down, and the DRO reads  -8

i hold the Z+ button, and the head travels up, and the DRO reads  +17 now


i hold the pg-down button, and the head travels down, and the DRO reads +7

i hold the pg-up  button, and the head travels up, and the DRO reads  +2 now

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with Mach3 , Gcode or BobCad! and I am not sure whats going on!!

« on: November 09, 2013, 07:41:34 PM »

opps, this should be before the last post.

These are pictures of me returning to Zero, then jogging the table to the extreme end of each of the axis.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with Mach3 , Gcode or BobCad! and I am not sure whats going on!!

« on: November 09, 2013, 07:36:45 PM »

So from there, I started recording the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2uZPUKS0GA


I still don't understand why it moves the z to zero, SO SLOWLY, you can see the Cable Tie to show how slow its turning.

I also dont understand why it wants to move the stock to the left and work its way backwards.



So, I re-zero'ed machine, then moved the X axis, from zero to its other extreme.

as seen in pick za5

I did the same in the X, Y and Z