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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach4 Wizard screen shot

« on: August 08, 2013, 12:13:16 PM »

"Radio killed the video star" 

 

Dave

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FAQs / Re: Soft Limits Questions

« on: August 08, 2013, 05:07:36 AM »

Hello, Rahbi,

It sounds like you do not have home switches either? Homing switches are setup so that the machine can have a known "zero" point to go to every time you start and "home" the machine. This is very helpful for locating work consistently and repeatedly. You do not have to have home switches setup, you can have a set location in some way on your machine, and just hit "ref all" and everything will zero from there (home switches can not be enabled for this way to work).

Soft limits are set up in relation to the home switches so your machine does not run into the bump stops (or at the end of the axes).

If you haven't seen the video, it can be found here: http://www.machsupport.com/videos/  Look for the video "Homing, limits, and offsets"

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: Tormach w robotic arm

« on: August 06, 2013, 04:54:29 AM »

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: CAD CAM Software Advice

« on: August 06, 2013, 04:53:34 AM »

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Save DROs to text file

« on: July 30, 2013, 09:39:15 AM »

Ah, understood, thanks for clearing that up.

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Save DROs to text file

« on: July 30, 2013, 09:19:51 AM »

Interesting tip, there, Gerry.

I'm also one of those "chickens" that won't use wireless anything as I've just heard too many horror stories about things going awry, lol!

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Asus a8v mb pci slot voltage

« on: July 29, 2013, 08:28:18 PM »

I'm not positive, but are you sure you have the proper port address set for the 2nd PCI card?

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Save DROs to text file

« on: July 29, 2013, 02:24:26 PM »

Sometimes when I task switch to Windows Explorer and try to do something, it causes the Mach3 to freeze the entire computer and this requires a reboot.  This still happens even though I've disabled all non-essential Windows services and start-up programs.

Well, yes, as you're not suppose to be doing anything on your PC while Mach is running  

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: Looking for source code or free program to generate a Gcode Toolpath

« on: July 29, 2013, 02:23:09 PM »

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: Questions about Mach Motion

« on: July 29, 2013, 05:17:11 AM »

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