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General Mach Discussion / Mach 3 issues, just upgraded from mach2.
« on: October 01, 2008, 10:32:32 AM »
Hey guys, Its been a while since I've been here, Its also been a while since I've used my CNC.
I tossed the old laptop that ran my mill because it did a crappy job and got a P4 2.8ghz machine to run it. I decided it was time to run Mach3.
Other than the screen(which I really don't like), theres been a few things that have changed and I have been unable to find the fix for.
First: Jog override, I ran this to set my jog at 10% unless I press shift and jog, this helps with a ton of things, using the jog to cut something quick, setup, etc. I cannot find this anywhere.
Second: Homing. The homing sequence homes onto the switch then backs off and sets zero. This causes problems because of maybe sticky switches or whatnot, they will always click at the same time going in but not always release at the same rate, I have sealed switches that are a little slow to release. I'd like this to home into and as soon as it goes, its done. For some reason i could get x axis to do this but none of the rest. All of the switches are normally open, all on different input channels.
I think there is a third question but I don't recall what it is at this time, I'll post it later.
Please let me know if there is a fix for these.
Thanks!
Jon
I tossed the old laptop that ran my mill because it did a crappy job and got a P4 2.8ghz machine to run it. I decided it was time to run Mach3.
Other than the screen(which I really don't like), theres been a few things that have changed and I have been unable to find the fix for.
First: Jog override, I ran this to set my jog at 10% unless I press shift and jog, this helps with a ton of things, using the jog to cut something quick, setup, etc. I cannot find this anywhere.
Second: Homing. The homing sequence homes onto the switch then backs off and sets zero. This causes problems because of maybe sticky switches or whatnot, they will always click at the same time going in but not always release at the same rate, I have sealed switches that are a little slow to release. I'd like this to home into and as soon as it goes, its done. For some reason i could get x axis to do this but none of the rest. All of the switches are normally open, all on different input channels.
I think there is a third question but I don't recall what it is at this time, I'll post it later.
Please let me know if there is a fix for these.
Thanks!
Jon