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General Mach Discussion / Please help with CNC 3040 machine motors not moving
« on: November 23, 2014, 05:48:23 PM »
Hi All,
As you might be aware, I am new to CNC ( 3040) and Mach3. Have been able to set everything up now, but after following a tutorial on how to update the ports and pins and motor tuning, I am able to produce a sound as if the motor would be moving, but the actual "drill piece" is not moving at all while I press the up/down arrow keys on the keyboard. The machine was ordered on ebay from china and did not come with instructions. Couldn't install the software from the CD, tehrefore I downloaded the Mach3 demo to start thuings off before I buy the actual version.
So I tried a few numbers on the motor outputs that I could find in the tutorials online, but without any luck on getting the motor moving. Same thing keeps happening - the machine makes the sound as if it is moving, but not actually moving at all.
Any ideas?
Thank you for your time.
Lisa
As you might be aware, I am new to CNC ( 3040) and Mach3. Have been able to set everything up now, but after following a tutorial on how to update the ports and pins and motor tuning, I am able to produce a sound as if the motor would be moving, but the actual "drill piece" is not moving at all while I press the up/down arrow keys on the keyboard. The machine was ordered on ebay from china and did not come with instructions. Couldn't install the software from the CD, tehrefore I downloaded the Mach3 demo to start thuings off before I buy the actual version.
So I tried a few numbers on the motor outputs that I could find in the tutorials online, but without any luck on getting the motor moving. Same thing keeps happening - the machine makes the sound as if it is moving, but not actually moving at all.
Any ideas?
Thank you for your time.
Lisa