Hi there
I’ve just bought a 6090 USB router which came supplied with a Mach3 setup disk which included 2 zip files. Mach3 setup & 6090
Having run these I was expecting it to set all the parameter in the configuration. XYZ motors run but when I look at the configuration windows all the figures seem wrong. I/O figures are 0 &I get no waveform when I do a driver test.
I have watched various setup YouTube videos but they all seem to give different settings
Can anyone help me please

When you say "the motors" run, how are you making them - by jogging or how?  If by jogging at least the basic system is operating.

What are "I/O" figures?  Are these the settings in the config boxes (ports&pins, motor tuning, etc)?  What is an I/O figure of 0?

Where are you looking for a waveform on a driver test?  You say that this is a "USB" router which implies that it doesn't use a parallel port, in which case the driver test is irrelevant since it just tests the ability of the PC to generate pulses fast enough to drive the steppers.  There are software plug-ins to manage the pulse interface - parallel port, USB motion controller etc - and if you select config->plugins there probably isn't one for a PP but should be one for a USB device.  If the PP one does show it should not be ticked, the USB one should be.

What is in the "6090" zip?  If it contains something which looks like "6090.xml" that would be a configuration file that has all the pin assignments etc and if you copy it into the mach3 folder it should set up the controller for you.

Hi,

&I get no waveform when I do a driver test.

The DriverTest.exe program is to test/asses a parallel port driver installation....and yet you say your machine is USB.
Why would you even attempt to run DriverTest.exe when you don't have a parallel port driver?

Craig

The videos watched all told me about a driver test & although I am connecting with a usb I assumed there must be a driver to run the motors
I have not been able to find any info for a usb test

The motors run when I use the keyboard or the jog buttons
Yes. I/O are the input/output on configuration windows for motor tuning & ports & pins

Yes there will be a plug-in but it sounds like it must be installed if your motors are running.  You don't need a test facility with USB motion control, it was only to test that your PC was running fast enough to drive the parallel port.  There is no USB test.

When you say "use the keyboard" are you inputting g-code via the MDI, or what?  Do all the axes run the right way when jogged?  It sounds though like you are going in the right direction and the machine is basically working.  Follow the Mach 3 manual to check out functionality, try some g-code commands from the MDI screen.

Inputting Gcode.
I haven’t got that far yet. I was probably looking for something that doesn’t exist but my knowledge of computers is to follow instructions.
Next I will try to set up homing & soft limits & then running the roadrunner gcode that’s already in it
Thank you for helping me.

Happy to help.

Hi Guys
Trying to set up machine coordinates
I’ve positioned the machine close to my hard limits
I’ve set the motor/home soft limits for my table dimensions
I have  home neg & auto zero checked
I’ve restarted my computer & Mach3
Machine coordinates is selected
Problem
The DRO s will not zero individually & pressing REF ALL HOME just causes Y AXIS to run (in the home direction) from this position straight past ZERO until it hits the hard limit switch

Can someone tell me what I’ve done wrong please

Have you checked that the limit switches are working?  And that they are configured in ports&pins?

Yes
All limit switches work
When the travel hits any one of them every axis stops with the alarm LIMIT SWITCH ACTIVATED. This then requires a manual press of the override button on the controller & the reset pressed. I can then jog off the limit switch & reset the manual override button to normal position. Once I’ve done this with both X & Y AXIS I then find my DROs have positive readings & ZERO BUTTONS (X & Y are red. Z is at zero & green) do nothing. If I press REF ALL HOME Y AXIS moves back down the table past the zero until it hits the hard limit switch