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General Mach Discussion / Move Mach 3 To Another Computer
« on: March 19, 2017, 11:45:19 AM »
I'm a new user - I've been using Mach 3 on a CNC Mill, after it was set up for me by someone else.
The PC Mach3 was set up on is having some problems (locking up after cutting a few parts, causing me to lose my zero and have to start over with the wobbler). So I put another PC together and I am trying to transfer Mach3 to the new PC. (Old PC is Win XP, new PC is Win 7 32 bit, by the way - using the parallel port on each)
After looking through this forum, I copied the Mach3 folder, put it on a USB drive, then pasted it into the C: drive on the new PC. I ran the driver test, which I assume installed the driver. The test said the PC is excellent (although the screen did say the pulse was too low for a moment).
When I start Mach3, click Reset, start up the CNC controller and the CNC mill - I press the X, Y and Z keys on the keyboard to move the cutting head - nothing. To be sure, I loaded the Gcode that I was using on the other PC - still nothing. The cutting head does not move.
I am probably missing something important, but I'm not sure what that would be. Hoping someone can offer some advice. Thanks!
The PC Mach3 was set up on is having some problems (locking up after cutting a few parts, causing me to lose my zero and have to start over with the wobbler). So I put another PC together and I am trying to transfer Mach3 to the new PC. (Old PC is Win XP, new PC is Win 7 32 bit, by the way - using the parallel port on each)
After looking through this forum, I copied the Mach3 folder, put it on a USB drive, then pasted it into the C: drive on the new PC. I ran the driver test, which I assume installed the driver. The test said the PC is excellent (although the screen did say the pulse was too low for a moment).
When I start Mach3, click Reset, start up the CNC controller and the CNC mill - I press the X, Y and Z keys on the keyboard to move the cutting head - nothing. To be sure, I loaded the Gcode that I was using on the other PC - still nothing. The cutting head does not move.
I am probably missing something important, but I'm not sure what that would be. Hoping someone can offer some advice. Thanks!