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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 probe setup and use

« on: June 28, 2016, 05:02:04 PM »

I haven't had any problems with ESS Build 185 & Mach 3112 just a FYI.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 probe setup problems

« on: June 20, 2016, 06:00:29 PM »

The full version should be released any day now, just a FYI. Warp9's forum is a great resource for ESS information.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Axis Calibration...

« on: May 13, 2016, 09:57:03 AM »

Here you go. https://youtu.be/HIE0k6mu2yc?t=9m45s He is using ESS but the axis setup configuration is modified in Mach 4, not the plugin.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Axis Calibration...

« on: May 13, 2016, 07:13:01 AM »

No, and from what I heard it won't be. Its more or so a mechanical equation with no calibrating needed, ez pz leon squeezy. Daz did put up a video on youtube of configuring motors in Mach4 .

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Feature Request

« on: April 23, 2016, 01:57:29 AM »

Well I was thinking more along the lines of something a bit more usable then just a pic of the drawing. Something that is to scale in the form of PDF or just a vector graphic file that can be imported into Coreldraw or a CAD program.

I think it would be kinda pointless since your generating code cam from a vector anyways, why not just do it in your cad program to begin with??  Unless for some weird reason you really need the tool offset???

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 build 4.2.0.2914 released, release notes file updated

« on: March 09, 2016, 07:16:24 PM »

I upgraded from 2872 early this morning after a couple hours run. Started Mach and had troubles with homing, backing off the limit switch. (I'm using ESS, +- and home one switch). Axis override wouldn't work so I had to take the L bracket off to disable the switch, which is the easiest way. These problems seem to have been fixed since 2803. All previous versions it would happen now and again. I know the homing is controlled by the ESS, but I had no problems with 2872. Went back to 2872, no more problems. I'm not looking for help, just a warning to others.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 with ESS and PMDX126/107 speed control issues.

« on: February 25, 2016, 07:26:15 PM »

How so?

Warp9 is coming out with a new plug-in release that will be be totally different integration geared towards Mach4. Could be weeks, months, who knows but ESS users have been waiting a very long time.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 with ESS and PMDX126/107 speed control issues.

« on: February 22, 2016, 11:17:43 AM »

Many ESS users have had very weird problems with no solutions to their problems. The horseshoe up my bum seems to be holding out since the third recent mach update.

Even though i'm using ESS, I like the charge pump feature. My stepper drives and VFD are controlled by a magnetic contactor coil, which the coil line also runs through my E-Stop. I have a tendency to leave my mills disconnect power switch on by accident. Using the charge pump feature will only turn on those connected to the contactor when Mach 4 executable is running on the computer.

So far I am very satisfied with PMDX products and their superior one on one support, not so much on Warp9's software but they do offer better assistance than Artsoft. Hopefully the long waited ESS plug-in release will help others with their issues. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 with ESS and PMDX126/107 speed control issues.

« on: February 19, 2016, 01:17:41 PM »

When you are running your test on the PMDX107, have your VFD set to display output frequency on the led terminal. Verify it is in fact starting from your lowest freq. setting to your highest. It does sound like VFD programming and wiring is correct. In Mach do you have your spindle speeds setup? In the config there is an option for Spindle. You must enter in your minimum and maximum spindle speed. If thats okay, then I would try uninstalling M4 completely and starting over from scratch. Just curious, is this a liquid cooled spindle?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 with ESS and PMDX126/107 speed control issues.

« on: February 19, 2016, 08:08:56 AM »

I have a 126+107+ESS+VFD (different motor though). Have you tested the spindle using the PMDX107 by itself? It should start the spindle then ramp up to speed for 30 seconds or so. If that doesn't work then you have a problem with your VFD programming or your wiring. If not then.. Mach4 should ONLY be setup for "Spindle Fwd" in the output signals. In your ESS setup you should have the "SPINDLE FWD" and "SPINDLE PWM" configured properly. Once I had it setup, I bought a cheap tachometer off Fleebay for around $15 that uses reflective tape to calculate the spindle speed for precise calibration adjustment on the PMDX107.

Hope this helps.