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Machine gets wacky after tool change.
« on: July 24, 2015, 11:35:25 PM »
I got a new to me machine a week ago and been trying to work out the bugs.  Ive posted in here a few times and gotten some good info and getting things working. My new problem is after a tool change i hit the start button and the machine does not go where its supposed to go. It doesnt do it all the time. Some times it works fine some times i makes a complete left turn and goes in the oppiset direction and starts running the program. Im hoping its just a setting or a simple fix.

 Have you guys seen this before. Thanks for your help.

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Re: Machine gets wacky after tool change.
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2015, 08:21:40 AM »
Could you perhaps post your .xml file of the profile you are using for this machine ( rename it to something unique ie. Bhoh.xml ).

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Re: Machine gets wacky after tool change.
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2015, 04:20:44 PM »
I dont know how to post my xml. Haha. Im not that  good with computers. If someone walks me through it i should be able to do it.

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Re: Machine gets wacky after tool change.
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2015, 02:38:41 AM »
I will try...

Bottom right of Mach screen is your Profile name.
In Mach3 folder locate the .xml file with your profile name (typically - Mach3Mill.xml).
Copy this file to the desktop and then rename it to Bhohbein.xml (a unique name)

When making your post choose Additional Options / Choose File - selecting Bhohbein.xml

That should do it.

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Re: Machine gets wacky after tool change.
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2015, 12:43:21 PM »
Sorry it took so long I had to copy xml to a zip drive then bring my other computer inside to get on the internet to post it haha.  Its been doing ok except for yesterday I had to stop the program.  I hit pause feed button while I was cutting a circle.  When I hit start button instead of continuing the circle it turned about 90 degrees and continued on with the circle.  Thanks for taking a look
Re: Machine gets wacky after tool change.
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2015, 04:30:03 PM »
Another problem just happened. Was running the machine wasnt touching anything and the wizard screen popped up and went to 4th axis wizard then wrote itself a program and loaded it in mach3. The program i was running dissaperedand the machine stopped. Do i have a gremlin in mach3. Should i redownload and install it.
Re: Machine gets wacky after tool change.
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2015, 12:28:58 AM »
Today the jogging controls stopped working. I even tried useing jog controls on mach 3 and that didnt work. When i got them working the axis would move 1 inch at a time. The step mode was stuck on and could not turn it off. Had to close out of mach3 and restart to get it working normal again. Anyone everseen this before.

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Re: Machine gets wacky after tool change.
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2015, 02:25:59 AM »
I did not spot anything unusual in your .xml file so I am pretty sure it's not that which is causing your problems.

The unexpected and non-requested behavior mentioned in your last posts would suggest that a complete re-install of Mach3 should be done.
Make a back-up of your existing Mach3 folder (to preserve .xml settings, screen sets, macro's, etc.) before uninstalling & deleting Mach3. Then make a fresh install - I suggest version R3.043.056  (only because that's the version I use and there have been a number of reported problems with R3.043.066).

If that does not completely resolve the issues you are having then I would perhaps suspect a bad RAM memory chip ??

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Re: Machine gets wacky after tool change.
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2015, 12:41:36 PM »
How do i install other versions of mach3. Is there a place on the mach 3 site to douwnload older versions.
Re: Machine gets wacky after tool change.
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2015, 12:43:18 PM »
Did you see any settings in my xml that should be changed.