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General Mach Discussion / Re: RS485 & RS232C serial communications

« on: October 11, 2016, 02:49:29 PM »

Accidentally on the wrong place

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper issues

« on: October 11, 2016, 02:17:14 PM »

Sorry for late response (Well OK very late)
But I couldn't fix the pci faster.

But now I re-installed windows as Windows 7 32-bit.

I also installed mach3 again and with it some drivers for the company port.

And now the PCI com port shows as COM1

And running the driver test it shows "system excellence" or something like that.

But the program still won't work.
And under Diagnostics it won't show any port activity whatever I do.

And yes I have changed the port adress.

Looking forward to future help!
Regards
/Jerry

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper issues

« on: September 24, 2016, 04:06:35 AM »

Thanks for all the answers!!

Is there a easy way to go from win 10 to 7 or do I need to buy a new license for that?

Also if we would want a motion controller then where would you suggest to buy one?

Also what are the end result (which are the better one)?

~written from phone

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper issues

« on: September 24, 2016, 03:36:39 AM »

As I'm no expert in this subject i got a picture to show what we are using

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper issues

« on: September 24, 2016, 03:11:14 AM »

Yes that is correct,

it is that setup.

And now that you mention it i think it is a 64 bit . Do you think it might work if i re-install it into windows 10 32 bit?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper issues

« on: September 23, 2016, 03:41:22 PM »

Yeah, I will re-install it.

And yes i changed the port to what windows say is the correct one.

If there are anything else i could try then please tell me

So i can go through as much as possible tomorrow!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper issues

« on: September 23, 2016, 03:16:10 PM »

Ooh i didn't know about that dump the old folder on top part.

But i did install it and try to do the settings. (Bringing over the xml and license)

And I also tries only using the folder but nothing of those worked.

But i didn't dump the whole thing. And also now that i think about it it was installed before we added the new port hardware.


And in the first part you mentioned the Estop, what kind of issues could it provide in this case? So i know what to look for and change

(Now i at least have something to try so that is amazing !)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper issues

« on: September 23, 2016, 02:53:03 PM »

Alright, this is the XML file for the profile that he is using.

I will be more than willing to answer any questions regarding it.

I will be going to his place tomorrow and would love to try anything suggested to get things working!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Stepper issues

« on: September 23, 2016, 02:34:32 PM »

Thank you Davek for the reply.

And that makes lots of sense actually!

Is there any way to externally check if it can move? (Some way to send signals at a specific pace just to see if the motors will move)

And yes i changed the port in the settings.  And the port were a bit different then the other as it is a LTP (Or something like that)
And i believe it was something like 0D050.

Is there anything you could take a look at to check if it was me that failed somewhere?
I will happily provide you with any kind of screens you would require for this.

And yet again, thanks thus far !

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General Mach Discussion / Stepper issues

« on: September 23, 2016, 02:01:52 PM »

Hello,

I'm helping out a friend of mine to try to figure out what is wrong with his CNC machine.

It worked perfectly on a very old outdated machine and we decided that he should  upgrade to a faster machine in which he could do some CAD work to then use the CNC.

But we ran in to a issue straight away. At the diagnostics page we can't see any reaction on the ports. And if i recall correctly then there should always be a signal on at least one port.
And when we press keys nothing happens in the diagnostics or with the motors.

Then i downloaded a program that let us send signals through the COM port and to the machine straight away. To start the spindle works perfectly but when I try to send a signal to make the motors move they just do a small jump (Not enough to move anything but they make a sound that they activate then stop right away)

We can see currents moving through the board (Measured up)

The pc is a windows 10 machine with a add on com port in a PCI slot.
The old pc were a windows XP with a integrated COM port.


Has anyone experienced anything like this before?
Do you have any idea on what it could be?
Do you have any suggestions or things we could try? (We are both new to CNC)

Do you need more information regarding this? Then please do tell and we will provide with anything you require to further help us out !

Looking forward for someone that could help us out.
/Jerry