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General Mach Discussion / Growling Stepper Motors

« on: August 11, 2007, 09:05:34 PM »

I have a Dyna Mechtronics DM2800 machine that I am upgrading from proprietary software to Mach3.  I have made the connections to the X and Y driver boards as well as the home/limit switches, which was not easy due to first trying to understand the purpose and design of the existing PC boards. Anyway, the stepper motors sound rough and make a growling sound when I jog them. They did not sound like this before so I know something is not set proper even though I am using the same drive boards and wire harness.  Please does anyone have an ideas what could cause the motors to run rough with a growling sound like that???  It’s been a long hot day here in Florida and I’m tired, but any help pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thank you.

Fred

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General Mach Discussion / Can't see my CD disk

« on: July 13, 2007, 04:10:32 PM »

I have a dedicated computer stripped clean and loaded with only XP- Pro software just for my milling machine. The only problem is; this computer is not hooked-up to the Internet and it doesn’t recognize my Mach3 disk. I can place any other disk in it and it sees them just fine and the Mach3 disk works just fine in my main desktop computer, so I assume the disk is burned properly.  Please, does anyone have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?

Fred

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General Mach Discussion / Installing Mach3 on a Dynamite 2800 machine

« on: June 26, 2007, 09:42:51 PM »

I bought a Dynamite 2800 machine and would like to know if I can just use the RS232 port from my computer running Mach3 and keep the machine controller or do I have to go into the driver boards? I understand the Dynamite machine has good iron, but does not use G code, which raises my question about using Mach3 without changing some of the hardware. I need all the help I can get with the sofware issue. Thank you. Fred Fulmer