Hello,

I just received an X2 sieg mill with CNC conversion. I purchased Mach3 specifically to run this mill. My small sherline mill runs emc on a Linux platform.

I need help configuring Mach3 for the Zylotex board.

My system runs but is very jerky. When I jog the motors I am unable to get smooth travel.
Even in continuous mode.

Please can somebody give me some ideas of what I need to configure.
I have set the ports up for the zylotex as follows:

X Axis step 2 and dir 3
Y axis step and dir 4 and 5
Z axis step and dir 6 and 7
4 Axis step and dir 8 and 9.

Not set active low on any signals.

Pulsewidth is set to 5 with kernel clock at 35000.

I have played with velocity and acceleration under motor tuning. using 1600 for revs/per unit.

Once I get smooth travel then I will need to calibrate the AXIS.

Any help with this is much appreciated.

For starters, set the kernel speed back to 25000.

Hi
Thanks, but that made no difference.

Let me explain my current configuration:
Xylotex XS3525,
Sieg X2 Mill with 5 tpi Ballscrews.

Settings:
MAX CL mode has to be set otherwise I get no stepper movement. That is the first issue that is puzzling me.

Motor outputs
2 and 3 step and dir for X
4 and 5 for Y
6 and 7 for Z
8 and 9 for A

All are set active low.

No matter what I change these to, only the Y axis is the correct axis.
X is Z and A is X.

5 microseconds.

I calculated my steps per unit to be 9600 but when I calibrate this is far too little. Needs to be about 32000.
When I do the Axis calibration movement is smooth however when I issue manual commands, or use the jog, steppers are very jerky.

Example after setting absolute and inch via MDI
then running G0 Y1.0,  movement is jerky, almost seems like it is unable to run smoothly however perfectly smooth when using the Axis calibration from the settings menu.

I am getting frustrated. After paying 159.00 bucks, and spending hours on this I am not winning this battle.

At this time it looks like EMC (Which I have used for some time on my Sherline mill with no problems whatsoever) will have to take over. This is a pity because I like the interface on Mach3.

5 tpi would be 8000 steps per inch. You need to turn off MaxNC mode. Have you run the driver test in the Mach3 folder? You need to run the driver test and see if you get a smooth pulse. If not, you may have to work through the Windows optimisation list in the download section.

running G0 Y1.0,  movement is jerky, almost seems like it is unable to run smoothly however perfectly smooth when using the Axis calibration from the settings menu. this is the same problem i have. did anyone fix this ? what do i need to do?  Rick

i am also running a lotex board (XS3525/8S-4) but i am not getting any movment at all. i have run the driver test and it is a very clean wave. and all the settings seem to be correct but no movement what so ever. if anyone could help that would be great. ill send the xml file so anyone who wants a loook can.