Up until now my system has been working very well. I've gone to implement the 2.5D feature and can't get it to work at all. Same old story; I have a hot knife on a valve. The hot knofe runs all the time. The valve switches when it gets into position to make a seal. I thought I could use the 2.5D on pin#6 but for the life of me can't get it to go.
Quick breakdown:
Vetric Cut2D
Mach3
Galil DMC-1822 2 axis controller card.
All homing and drives work perfect. I can home, load G-code and it'll draw out the pattern flawlessly. Now that I've gone to implement the "Z positive/negative" action to control the switch valve I cannot get a signal from the system to do this.
When I run Galil's SmartTerm I can turn the pin#6 output on and off with no problems.
Some other clues (?):
On the DIAG screen OUTPUT ENABLE LEDS are lit for ENABLE 1,2,3 bit not 4,5,6.
All M-codes work (M3,M4,M5,M7,M8,M9). I can enter the code for each on the command line and they work.
I can command an X or Y (G0 X24 Y24) and it works perfectly.
The Galil breakout board looks like this:
PIN# OUTPUT#
2 6
3 8
4 5
5 2
19 4
20 1
21 3
18 7
The M-Codes are set up for M3-pin1, M4-pin2, M7-pin3 and M8-pin4. I thought there might be a conflict on output 6 being on pin 2 but when changed makes no difference.
I really need to get this so that the leadin generated from Vectric CUT2D doesn't switch the valve but I can't get that far before reliably switching this pin on command.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
P.S. One thisng that would be of good use is a window that allows direct access like though SmartTerm. Right now you have to jump back and forth to see it a particular function is working.