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General Mach Discussion / Cycle time display

« Last post by lcs226 on June 18, 2025, 02:57:32 PM »

My cycle timer display window shows all zero's . Where is this display fed from? I have looked to see if there is a register that feeds it but could not find anything, or don't know what to look for.

Tks

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PoKeys / MACH4 dev + Latest pokeys + Laser

« Last post by dedlefou on June 16, 2025, 04:34:15 PM »

Hello,

What dev version above 4.2.0.5325 is very stable ? I dont know how the versionning works for mach4.
The regular version is very stable but too old to manage the laser feature of the pokeys57cnc.

I installed the very latest dev (5920) version but it's almost unusable
Any version know to be stable ?

thx

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Best controller for Mach3

« Last post by JohnHaine on June 16, 2025, 02:24:51 PM »

Did you make sure to buy genuine ones?  There are apparently clones around - best to buy from a genuine CNCDrive stockist.  Where are you based?

Did you download/install the plugin for the device, and configure it?

Can you tell us what steps you have followed to configure mach 3?  I found that most of the settings I was using for the parallel port carried across directly.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Best controller for Mach3

« Last post by Michaelc on June 16, 2025, 10:56:55 AM »

Best I have found is a CS-LABS motion controller. However they have become expensive now. But I had one on my milling machine and it just worked from the start. Now I am stuck trying too figure out why the UC100 is not moving the stepper motors.

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General Mach Discussion / Ok I know I am thick. But how do you jog in mach3 turn?

« Last post by Michaelc on June 16, 2025, 07:53:28 AM »

Hi, this is my first go at mach3 turn. And I have a few questions.
1. How do you jog? What buttons do you press.
2. How do you tune the stepper motors in turn, I know it’s different from the milling program, but how do you tune the motors?
3. Is Mach4 turn more intuitive then Mach3 turn which I am finding very hard to get my head around due to lack of basic information.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: UC100 problems

« Last post by Michaelc on June 16, 2025, 07:49:11 AM »

Hi, I had a phone call back from the UC100 supplier and he explained that I had to install Microsoft Net 3.5 to get the UC100 to function. I did that and it did clear the problem.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: UC100 problems

« Last post by Tweakie.CNC on June 16, 2025, 07:03:21 AM »

Could be that you need to install .Net Framework 2.0.
The full instructions for for the UC100 are here; https://cncdrive.com/UC100.html

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / UC100 problems

« Last post by Michaelc on June 16, 2025, 05:21:12 AM »

Hi, I am having problems with the UC100 I purchased from a well respected dealer here in the U.K. I am running windows 10 on a pc free of any other software bar a new install of mach3. I run the UC100 install software for Mach3. However on starting Mach3 I get the error message stating that the DLL files are corrupted and not working. I can get no further.
I have uninstalled, and reinstalled countless times with no joy. All the pc safe guards are turned off. Anyone know what is going on here, and what is the answer. Thanks ps, I do have a green led light showing in the UC100, but nothing in the Mach3 plug in section.

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Greetings from Tokyo

« Last post by myoshii on June 15, 2025, 02:05:56 AM »

Thanks as always, Tweakie.

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Greetings from Tokyo

« Last post by Tweakie.CNC on June 15, 2025, 12:42:08 AM »

Yet another great work of art Yoshii, that is truly amazing.

Tweakie.