I'm having a problem with Mach 3 at the moment.
Seemingly randomly, Mach3 will stop and need me to click the reset button. I get the message that an external e-stop was requested. I click reset, and cycle start and it starts going again. It doesn't loose position, but the next few lines of gcode are screwy, and I almost always violate and scrap out the part.
I have a 5 hour long 4 axis program that I am cutting on a Sherline mill the IMServices's controller and servos. I have run the program before with no problems, and Mach 3 doesn't stop at a consistent point in the program. So the problem is not the program.
I had this same problem a couple months ago, and it went away. Now it's back. Nothing changed that I am aware of. Same PC, controller, version of Mach, servos, etc.
Any suggestions on how to fix this? Is it possible to tell mach to ignore external estops entirely?
Thanks!
Scott