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Re: Problem with Mach3
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2013, 10:21:36 AM »
Ok paste this xml into your Mach folder and use the loader to open Mach with it.
Hood
Re: Problem with Mach3
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2013, 01:10:57 AM »
Hood-

That cured the running bad, and the freezing when it starts up.   I am going to leave the IPM set low until I get a few jobs finished.  After that I will try it back at 200 IPM and see what happens.

Did you see anything in my XML file that might keep the port 2 LPT address from saving?

I can deal with it if you cant find anything.



Thanks for fixing the freezing problems



Steve

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Re: Problem with Mach3
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2013, 02:53:49 AM »
What is your port address.
Hood
Re: Problem with Mach3
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2013, 04:32:57 PM »
Hood


port 1 is  0x378
port 2 is  0xdd90



Thanks


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Re: Problem with Mach3
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2013, 05:34:53 PM »
Dont see any problems with the xml as the address is sticking so not sure why you always have to re-enter :(
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« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2013, 09:59:09 PM »
Do you think it could be a hardware issue?

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Re: Problem with Mach3
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2013, 02:55:21 AM »
It could be but if software I am thinking it more likely that it is windows side of things rather than the Mach driver. Maybe check there are no printers set up to use that port in windows.
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Re: Problem with Mach3
« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2013, 09:17:07 PM »
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Not sure if this helps but I am having the exact same issue with my system running XP.  The computer sees the port configured but Mach3 will not save it.  I can change the address in Mach3 and then back again and it works until I reboot the PC.
I now enough about computers to be dangerous.  Could it be related to how XP handles IRQ or DMA settings.  I have never seen this discussed in the forums.
Jude

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Re: Problem with Mach3
« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2013, 11:51:04 PM »
I had similar problem with Mach not saving the pp address. Was when i just got the new computer.
 If i recall, been a few years,   i uninstalled the card and reinstalled it and had to do that maybe 2 times before Mach finaly saved the address.
 
FWIW,

RICH

Re: Problem with Mach3
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2013, 01:27:01 PM »
Rich,
Seems the consensus to remove and re-install.  I'll give that a shot and see if it works.
Thanks !
Jude