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General Mach Discussion / Re: New Mach3 install

« on: October 27, 2007, 02:01:06 PM »

Hi Brett,

Yes I cheched all the settings regarding the address of the Parallel port, how and why do I save a copy of the XML file? I don't have the PC hooked to anything yet, I am bench testing prior to hooking up the breakout board.

Mark

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New Mach3 install

« on: October 26, 2007, 09:00:50 PM »

Hi Chip,
I have run the driver test  and it looked fine--just  like the xample shown in the manual. I think I will next uninstall and reinstall mach3.

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / New Mach3 install

« on: October 25, 2007, 09:12:58 PM »

Hello fellow  Mach  users,

I have recently upgraded win2000 to win2000 SP4, and now I don't see any outputs on the Diag. screen  when I jog an axis.  Is there a patch or plugin needed to fix this?

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie Question

« on: October 21, 2007, 09:53:41 PM »

Hello Hood,

Thanks for the advice, should have delved into the simplest  test right off, I was thinking the problem might lie in the setup. Having tested the voltages right at the Parallel  port on the PC, I have found that everthing is OK there  and I even went and check the output end of the cable and that is OK aswell. Must be a problem  with the breakout board.

Mark

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General Mach Discussion / Newbie Question

« on: October 20, 2007, 09:52:39 PM »

Hi Guys,
I've been  watching the forum for awhile and have finally invested in a PC and Mach3 to do a retrofit to an older Bridgeport mill presently running an Anilam control  circa 1980's vintage. Anyways I haven't been able to get any response to the CNC4PC breakout board. I have the Mach3 running fine, the diagnostics page shows outputs on the  step and direction pins, and I have 5  volts powering the board,   the enable pin is powered and the chargepump on the breakout board is disabled, checked the parallel port address, everything appears to be as it should. When I use the MDI function and type a simple G0 move I can see the DRO scroll though to the proper disatnce  but no LEDS light up on the coresponding step and direction  pins on the breakout board.

Thanks, Mark

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Anilam Crusader 2 retrofit

« on: September 21, 2007, 09:18:02 PM »

Hi fdos,
The motors look like 34 frame size motors, they operate on 75VDC, and draw a maximun of 22 amps. The servo drives are cards mounted inside an enclosure, I beleive the drives were built by Anilam. I haven't removed the drives yet, but on first glance I can see a terminal for signal input and a terminal for a tach input.

Mark

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General Mach Discussion / Anilam Crusader 2 retrofit

« on: September 21, 2007, 04:23:30 PM »

Hello All,
I have a question about a retrofit I am attempting to an old 80's vintage Bidgeport with a 3 axis Anilam control. The existing motors are DC servo motors with tachometer feedback to the servo amps, I think the linear glass scale encoders feedback to the Crsader control. I am planning on replacing the amps with Gecko amps and eliminating the tachs and using rotary encoders in their palce to provide feedback to the Gecko amps. I guess I am wondering whether to eliminate the existing linear scales or do I use hook them directly to the PC running Mach 3?

Regards, Mark

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Finished Screens / Re: CNC Cut to length Saw Screen and Wizards......

« on: September 21, 2007, 11:33:55 AM »

Hello,
I've loaded and tried out the interface. Really nice! One question, is it functional? When I use  the cut to length wizard I get an error message. Do I need to load Mach 3 in order to use this screen.

Regards, Mark

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Finished Screens / Re: CNC Cut to length Saw Screen and Wizards......

« on: September 14, 2007, 11:39:38 AM »

Hello,

How do I load the screen for viewing?

Mark