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General Mach Discussion / Re: All the Gear and No Idea (as to why nothing happens)

« on: September 03, 2017, 05:47:30 PM »

Impetuosity struck and I plugged it in. The up and down arrows make the X axis go to the left, (either arrow, and the age up and page down arros make the Y axis come forward, both of them.. ??
OK i'll return to what you suggested and unplug it..

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General Mach Discussion / Re: All the Gear and No Idea (as to why nothing happens)

« on: September 03, 2017, 02:54:13 PM »

OK that's done..Sorry no screenshots (Don't know how in Windows) just pictures from my 'not-so-smartphone'

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General Mach Discussion / Re: All the Gear and No Idea (as to why nothing happens)

« on: September 03, 2017, 01:32:57 PM »

I got this system just to engrave 16 and 19mm copper discs with my company logo, and also to machine some small aluminium parts for my reproduction Van Eps Dampers.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: All the Gear and No Idea (as to why nothing happens)

« on: September 03, 2017, 01:13:51 PM »

I purchased the licence from Amadeal http://www.amadeal.co.uk/acatalog/Mach-3-Licence-.html but received no manual, I followed the instructions that the program gave when it was installing..
Clean install On a new refurbished Dell on a freshly installed version of Windows 7, with absolutely no other programs or games installed Just Mach3, and when it wouldn't work I downloaded "Planet CNC USB" but that didn't work either. Everything is less than a week old..Except the engraver/router, that's a few weeks old..


EDIT; Attachment containing personal details deleted for security reasons.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: All the Gear and No Idea (as to why nothing happens)

« on: September 03, 2017, 01:05:46 PM »

Thanks 'Tweakie' unfortunately I am not au fait with Windows and PCs, I have always used Macs. So, I don't know how to do a screenshot in windows; so I've copied the Mac3 folder onto a portable dive (just for this purpose of doing a screenshot of the contents) and on the mac I CAN take a screenshot. There is no file <profile.xml> file but there is a file 'profile' that's a text file and it contains just the text :- Mach3Mill.
I appreciate your help..

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General Mach Discussion / Re: All the Gear and No Idea (as to why nothing happens)

« on: September 03, 2017, 08:21:17 AM »

Thanks for the reply, I have used each port singly and together.. I said

OK , the problem is nothing is happening when I try anything, absolutely no communication with the engraver/router.
OS, windows 7 with absolutely NO other programs in the computer.

Using the USB or Parallel ports make no difference, there is no jog function or movement when I load a demo file. The File runs on the computer but that's all that happens.
What do I do please ?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: All the Gear and No Idea (as to why nothing happens)

« on: September 03, 2017, 07:21:35 AM »

Final info.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: All the Gear and No Idea (as to why nothing happens)

« on: September 03, 2017, 07:20:25 AM »

More info. SEE MIDDLE PICTURE.. When powered up these lights come on in the controller:-

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General Mach Discussion / All the Gear and No Idea (as to why nothing happens)

« on: September 03, 2017, 07:18:51 AM »

OK , the problem is nothing is happening when I try anything, absolutely no communication with the engraver/router.
OS, windows 7 with absolutely NO other programs in the computer.
Mach3 and Planet CNC USB ?? are the only programs and the Planet one was only installed after I found that Mach3 wasn't communicating with the engraver/router.
I had installed the DEMO version of Mach3 in my MacPro and tried to run it using Parallels Desktop, but no joy. So I bought a recon PC with a fresh copy of Windows 7 installed. Installed my REGISTERED copy of Mach 3 and applied the licence. (My name comes where it's supposed to be)
The Engraver/router is the Chinese 3020T  4 axis   (VEVOR Tack Hooks).
Using the USB or Parallel ports make no difference, there is no jog function or movement when I load a demo file. The File runs on the computer but that's all that happens.
What do I do please ?