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General Mach Discussion / Re: bought software, tried circle wizard, now all i get is circles,

« on: November 17, 2014, 04:22:53 PM »

Found the IJ button, toggled it, tho, still having the problem,

Thanks for the response...
John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: bought software, tried circle wizard, now all i get is circles,

« on: November 17, 2014, 07:04:43 AM »

not finding anything in that screen that says IJ... config>general config >

how close was the vote on seperation? 

Thanks, JWL

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General Mach Discussion / bought software, tried circle wizard, now all i get is circles,

« on: November 16, 2014, 09:56:29 AM »

Ok, I bought the Mach 3 software, and decided to try the circle wizard.  Now, no matter what gcode I load, it starts with a circle, and just keeps going.  then stalls out when the circle completes.  What nifty little solution is there for this?

Thanks, John

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General Mach Discussion / slaved machine running opposite master... z going up when it should be going dow

« on: November 15, 2014, 03:21:25 PM »

I have built a Joes Evo machine with some minor modifications, using Joes plates.  In Mach 3 I have the Left side as the Y axis and the opposite side, as the A (slave) axis.  If just the Y is engaged, it works fine, although not as stable as if the two were running in concert. In a similar vein, the z axis seems to be going up when it should be going down.  (running the open sign path from vcarve)  Everything that has been a major crisis initially so far has turned out to be a simple fix,   I have read and re-read the Mach 3 manual and all of the other materials I have, and this one has me puzzled.  I am sure I am missing something.

I have Mach 3,   Joes Plates, velox 10:1 z slide with drop plate, CNCRP nema 23 kit, gecko 540.    I haven't put alot of time into the ESS from Warp9, figured I would incorporate that later, as things seem to be progressing nicely without it.
Thanks, John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: cannot shut off flashing onscreen reset button with mouse or keys on xp machine.

« on: November 14, 2014, 09:18:11 AM »

gerry, that seems to have worked for that problem with this computer.  Thanks, JWL

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General Mach Discussion / cannot shut off flashing onscreen reset button with mouse or keys on xp machine.

« on: November 12, 2014, 08:44:15 PM »

I dusted off an old xp machine to run my cnc router.  When I installed the mach 3 software, it installed ok, but I cannot get the reset button onscreen to shut off, so I cant do anything else.  Any advice?

Thanks, John