Hi, I was wondering if I could get some insight into a specific Mach3 application that is not controlling a milling machine or lathe.
The machine I have Mach3 loaded to is a automated stapling machine... it has a fixed staple head (from another machine) using a custom built and designed table (my work) I got asked to load the software and get this machine running correctly.
My steppers, proxy's, and controller were bought as a kit along with the software. I have 2 sliding tables (X,Y) on top of one another and my working head is fixed. The machine acts like a giant sewing machine. My path generation comes from my designs and I can edit on the fly in the software as needed.
I read the instruction manual, which I found to be a bit lacking and on top of that the guy who sold me the equipment is being a bit vague with his "support" because he will make extra $$ if he has to make a service call to sort me out.
I found it strange there would be no troubleshooting guide in the manual - or did I miss that section?
My main issue is my machine head is actuated with an air cylinder running off a solid state relay... I tried to activate it with M3 M5 code but it was extremely slow and did not fire (hooked up to a test light for safety reasons) I tried several variations and when I took the M codes out it fly's!
I was thinking about trying coolant ON/OFF to see if that works... if that does not work is my only other recourse writing a custom macro?
Again, I just hooked this stuff up and only have a few hours running it... mostly head scratching.
Thanks.