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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: November 17, 2017, 03:46:09 AM »

I finally figured out i had to put a 5khz signal out to the charge pump pin and then invert the signal to the drives enable pin to get the thing going.

What was your base frequency? And how do you invert the SCHP signal to the drives "enable" pin?

Thanks.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: November 17, 2017, 03:31:35 AM »

@ART

Should we wait for a new version of the Darwin plugin or is the project finalized?

I'm asking because I don't want to use my hardware without safety charge pump and the Darwin in my system works very unstable with SCHP enabled.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 newbie here. I need some help

« on: November 16, 2017, 02:04:42 AM »

Hi Craig,

I get the Darwin working but I still have a problem. When I jumper to disable the safety charge pump then its fine but when I enable it and try to activate trough Darwin its a big mess. I hit the Enable button, Darwin opens all outputs including spindle relays. Mach3 only opens the outputs that are used by the system.

Another problem, Darwin can't keep the safety charge pump steady on and so the outputs. The LED's of the outputs are flickering. It's like power goes on and off repeatedly.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 newbie here. I need some help

« on: November 15, 2017, 06:02:45 PM »

It's pokeys branded.

https://cnc4pc.com/m16-pokeys-motion-motherboard-for-mach4.html

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 newbie here. I need some help

« on: November 15, 2017, 03:10:52 PM »

Oh god. 109 pages. But thanks Gerry.

I feel hopeless. I think it's better I get an Ethernet M16 board.

Do they accept return/cancel order for the Darwin plugin?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 newbie here. I need some help

« on: November 15, 2017, 02:58:00 PM »

Thank you Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 newbie here. I need some help

« on: November 15, 2017, 11:54:01 AM »

I did this but I think it doesn't effect the Darwin. In motor config screen in Darwin the Y drop down is menu still there.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 newbie here. I need some help

« on: November 15, 2017, 08:10:47 AM »

Hi,

I just purchased Mach4 and the Darwin PP plugin for my retrofitted lathe. The lathe worked well with Mach3 so I thought  it would be easier to setup Mach4 but I realized it is the opposite. Anyway, please read my questions. Any help would be appreciated.

1- In Mach3, I assigned the Enable to pin 1. I did the same on Darwin and Mach3 Mach config. In Darwin Output screen when the "Freq when active" is set to 0 then it doesn't work. Under the text field it says "For PWM enter 1/2 of the base freq. What is the base freq? The only frequency I set is the PWM base frequency for spindle and it is 300.

2- I have set the Charge pump to pin 17. In Mach3 when I hit the Reset button the Enable and Charge pump was triggering at the same time. When "Enable" is active the charge pump become active. When "Enable" id inactive the charge pump become inactive. This works fine in Mach3. In Mach4 I have no idea how to map the "enable" and "charge pump" together.

3- In Darwin Motor Config tab I enabled only 2 motors (Motor #0 for X and Motor #1 for Z). In the same screen there are 2 drop-down menus labeled "X axis" and "Y axis". For the X axis I select Axis0. Fine. But what should I do for the Z? There is no drop-down for the Z. I think this screen is developed for mill?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: PC ID

« on: November 14, 2017, 02:49:03 AM »

Thanks Craig.

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Mach4 General Discussion / PC ID

« on: November 14, 2017, 02:08:59 AM »

Hi,
I'm about to buy Mach4 and parallel port legacy plugin. I haven't installed them yet.

Is the PC ID same for both Mach4 and PP legacy plugin or are they different ID's?