Hi all,
This is my 1st post and it will be immediately obvious I'm a newby to all this.
I have a small cnc router that is controlled by mach3. I use VCarve Pro to design jobs and create g-code.
Today I was happily routing away when the machine froze. An error message on the screen said there could be a problem with windows not transferring data, etc (I can't remember the rest).
I tried to send the tool home by clicking on the X0Y0 button - nothing happened. I tried moving the tool by pressing the arrow and page up/down buttons - all seemed good. I again tried the X0Y0 button and nothing. I reset the e-stop and tried again - still nothing.
I exited mach3, re-started and tried again - still nothing when the X0Y0 button is pressed.
I rebooted the laptop, turned the power off and on to the machine and re-started mach3, again pressed the X0Y0 button - still would not drive the tool back to X0Y0.
I also noticed when I load a g-code program no toolpath is generated - it just sits there calculating.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks LC