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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hall of shame

« on: December 15, 2014, 01:26:18 PM »

Hello, I don't believe in pirated myself, they should all be in the ground. Just hurts the guy's trying to do it right.

I'm trying real hard, just have enough smarts to get into trouble with computers. And I am in trouble - does anyone live close to NW Indiana that I could get in touch with to get this stuff to work.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Home/Limits

« on: December 15, 2014, 08:41:33 AM »

Has anyone installed Mach 3 with bobcad v26 and got them to work together?  Machine won't go home properly. Sorry I know enough about computers to get in trouble, and now I'm in trouble

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: December 14, 2014, 01:51:32 PM »

Hello, my name is Cliff. I am looking to talk to someone about this mach3 and my very old digitool cnc machine. I know enough about computers to get into trouble. Well I am in trouble. I live in NW Indiana. My old 486 died - had to up grade. Prior to this the machine ran great - using bobcad software.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: December 14, 2014, 11:37:49 AM »

Hello,
My name is Cliff I live in Chesterton Indiana - about 8 miles from Lake Michigan. I hace an old CNC ( Digitool ) machine. Recently my old 486 computer dies that ran this machine. So we up graded to a dell and installed mach 3. Now I am only smart enough to get into trouble when it comes to computers, and now I am in trouble. Does anyone live near me that I could talk to by phone or in person - that knows anything about this stuff. My email address is calibratedsurface@frontier.com  - I dont have much hair left to pull out.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pin assignment

« on: May 04, 2014, 01:11:14 PM »

That is what I have been trying to do...........what a process  very daunting.  I have no paper work from the old system, the software is to old and not supported and the old computer died a slow agonizing death

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pin assignment

« on: May 04, 2014, 10:13:38 AM »

It is a mechanical swith

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pin assignment

« on: May 03, 2014, 01:43:21 PM »

What I have done is-
486 computer running bobcad
two ports in old computer connected to the Anaheim Automation driver connected to a Digitool CNC.
Everything worked great for 20 years - old computer died.

Had a computer guy install a card for the second port in our dell computer and configure the printer and second port.

I diconnected the drive (Anaheim Automation driver) for the 486 and hooked up to the dell.
I have no paperwork from the old system on pin configuration.  

I have connected the pins as much and can jog th x,y and z axiz in the correct directions ( not the correct speed but can correct that later.
I cannot figure out which pins connect the limit switches. Connecting port one (1) to pin 10 shows a tripped limit. I have switched pins from port one all the way thru 16 pins for the x axiz

To test the limit switches to see if they are NC or NO
When I put a continuity tester on the z limit switch with the driver on or off I have a solid audible sound with the switch open and closed

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General Mach Discussion / Pin assignment

« on: April 30, 2014, 04:06:31 PM »

I have a Anahiem Automation driver Model DPF41BB1. trying to upgrade from 486 to a new Dell XP  I have installed MAch 3 and cannot figure out the pin assignments. This is an old driver that takes two ports to plug into. I can get the machine to move X,Y and Z with the nudge buttons. But I cannot figure the limit switches. The CNC machine is a Digitool machine