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Mach Screens / Thc screens no buttons

« on: November 08, 2006, 06:31:56 PM »

i Have got my mach2 screens working .now im trying to set up mach3 i have the thc300  i got the new screens from j cullins
every thing seems to be ok but i have no buttons and some of the screens say bitmap goes here Im thinking maybe i installed it wrong .
i just coppied the set and the xml file to the mach general directory.
i have the auto large screen checked it just seems like im missing bitmaps or buttons. i must be doing something wrong  i have also tried every version of mach 3 still no luck . all help would be greatly appreciated.

John

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General Mach Discussion / mach2 gcode thc300 problems

« on: October 01, 2006, 04:26:02 PM »

when i load the gcode in mach 2 thc3000 all i see is a bunch of circles.  if i dont not use a the thc files and just run regular mach2 mill or mach 3  i can see the tool path just fine is the a setting i have to adust or something this is really weird

John

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General Mach Discussion / motor tuning stepper motors

« on: July 04, 2006, 12:16:51 PM »

i have been reading the manual and looking at the post i just want to see if i have this right  i am running a rack and pinion on my plasma table i have a 1" pinion  I'm using geckos and 3 to 1 planetary gear heads 
I'm not sure but  but i have come up with 1910 steps per inch I'm assuming a unit is a inch from other post. not to sound flippin dumb but do i just stick 1910  in the steps per box.(in the motor tuning window) the velocity and acceleration i guess i will mess with once i get this figured out.
I'm running 270oz motors at 24volts (homeshopcnc)will this make Mach run all my code to the right ratio

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General Mach Discussion / pentium 4 laptop centrino problems

« on: June 05, 2006, 11:08:34 AM »

i have a dell d510 it does have a parallel port  just wondering if anyone has got these to work. like everyone else im having issues just figured if i bought one with a printer port it would be ok. but now im in everyone elses boat just wonering if there is a quick fix
i have turned off many things in this lap top like speed control and so forth but it still just acts funny
i was told laptops with a centrino pentium m  is a no go is this true