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General Mach Discussion / MaxNC and backlash

« on: April 26, 2006, 06:59:50 PM »

I am trying to set up and old MaxNC10 board ( it is from the year 1999, not one of the 1018A/B boards mentioned in a help documant I read) with Mach3.
I haven't got backlash compensation to work yet, just delays/pauses in code excecution.

I have read some posts about Mach3 not compensating for backlash in wave mode.

Can someone confirm this?
Is there any mods to the board that can be done?
Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MaxNC not working!! No movement.

« on: April 25, 2006, 08:53:37 PM »

I am just starting with my maxnc also.
When the mach3 program was runing the motors were energised ( the handwheels were stiff)
My problem was the estop. I went into the config screen and changed the default setting for active hi/lo.

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General Mach Discussion / Optimisation procedure on install of Mach3

« on: April 19, 2006, 07:31:53 PM »

I am doing a clean install of XP on a PC dedicated to my CNC
I am doing the optimisation procedure from the file called "optimisation%20XP"

I have a few questions:
1- I have set " Remote procedure call (RPC)" to automatic as instructed
my question is:
 "Remote procedure call (RPC) Locator" should that be disabled?
( I know nothing about these things, but is seems to me, based on their description, that they should be set the same.

2-  I tried to update windoes as the optimsation file instructed. The windows site said that I should set " Automatic Updates" to Auto and also set "BITS" to manual., I did and then did my updates ( none were required)

my question is:
  Do I leave the two settings as is, or put them back as per the optimisation file?
3-  will I be able to get onto my network? I would only plug in the cat5 cable when I want to get onto my home lan for updates etc.


thanks

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General Mach Discussion / File system for clean install of WinXP

« on: April 18, 2006, 08:41:59 PM »

I am doing a clean install of XP on a PC (P3 733mhz, 256 meg ram, 16 gig HDD, a little slow I know) dedicated to my CNC

I chose NTFS
should I have chosen FAT32?

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 manual?

« on: March 25, 2006, 07:16:45 PM »

I am considering Mach3, Is the manual avaialable for download?