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X- Axis times out
« on: May 04, 2010, 09:14:01 PM »
Hello,

I just purchased Mach 3 and I love it so far, but have run into 1 issue.

When I 1st turn my computer in and fire up mach 3 and the CNC everything works fine.

If I leave everything running and come back several hours later, the x-axis will jog for a second, then just time out and becomes unresponsive. Mach3 still shows the axis moving (when I try to Jog), but the LED indicators on my driver Card stop lighting  like its not getting a signal????

The other 2 axis seem to be immune from this issue and work fine.
My only work around it to shut down and reboot each time this happens.

Not sure what these symptoms point to as a possible issue; Computer,Mach3, or driver board?


Thanks for any suggestions.


Tom






Current Version of Mach3
Windows XP
1.6 MHZ Pentium
512 Ram
PCI Video Card

Re: X- Axis times out
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 12:25:32 AM »
If all drivers are the same. I would start by switching the X and Y driver board to know if it is a hardware problem.
If the problem persist with X I would think of something related to mach configuration.
If the error changes to Y axis i would suspect of the driver board.

Regards
Re: X- Axis times out
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2010, 07:57:49 AM »
Resolution:

I turned off all power management controls in Windows XP that placed the system into Hibernation, etc.
After leaving the system on for 24 hours, I still have control of all axis at this point.

Thanks!

~Polmer