Hello all,
I have a question about setting up Mach3. I would like to use inches for units. I have checked the native units in software and its set to inches. The attached image shows the manufacturer suggested figures for the motor tuning. As you can see the Steps per is set to about 84, this appears to be in inches (which seems strange). The Velocity is set to 7998 and the Acceleration is set to 1000. The graph above shows a scale on Velocity inches per Minute at 7998. 7998 inches per minute seems ridiculous, but the motors move just fine.
I tried reinstalling and setting up the homing and limits in inches (50 x 98 inches) it's a 4x8 table. After that the axis moves 50mm and says I have hit my limits. Also set motor tuning to all inches such as 84 steps, 315 velocity and 39 acceleration. The graph did not change scale on the left and the motors did not sound or move well at all.
Also, the manufacturer suggested settings on the Z axis is Steps per 320, Velocity 1999.8, Acceleration 500 for motor tuning.
Also, the DRO's always seem to be in metric no matter what I change. The Settings tab shows units to be inches. I always "Save Axis Settings" and save config under config menu.
Thank you very much in advance.
New to forum and CNC.
Cary.