An Mach aficionados?

[Texas Carom Club]

I did this once 5yrs ago
Set-up a Chinese desktop router with Mach

The machine doesn't jog yet

I still remember how to tune the motor but I need help getting the motors to jog first

 

[GBCues]

Given that your question is basic to Mach3 and nothing cue specific, you'd be better off looking through some of the Mach specific forums. Here are a couple:
http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/tags/mach3.html

HTH
Gary

 

[Facundus Cues]

Tab brings up the jog menu then you can mouse click directions. If Mach is set to default you can use arrow keys on keyboard from the run screen too

 

[Texas Carom Club]

It doesn't jog, starting to think it just needs some movement daily the machine hasn't run in I don't know how long

My old one that sat for a long period also needed some time to get moving again

 

[JoeyInCali]

Keyboard arrows not working ?

 

[Texas Carom Club]

They aren't jogging it no

, On the diagnostic page there's no pulse frequency

Kernels set to 25 k in ports n pins

When increased to 45k , pulse frequency shows it as well, but emergency alarm will not clear,and I'm told by them on the machine forum you want kernels low as possible anyways

 

[LGSM3]

Do your motors energize when Mach is enabled?

If your resolution is high (good) and your micro stepping then the pulse frequency may be more than the lpt can output in which case Mach won’t run them and you will need far more than 25khz. This is the same reason you won’t find ac servos driven from lpt and Mach.

What r your steps per rev? Also may want to make sure acceleration is not set to aggressive

 

[Texas Carom Club]

Yes they energize

This is default for each axis, same for each

 

[tsp&b]

Is your jog control turned on? there three settings On, Off, and INC. be sure you have it toggled to the on position.

 

[LGSM3]

Yes they energize

This is default for each axis, same for each

You should be way good, those are driving miss daisy settings

2000 steps per seems low

Did you set ports and pins or just open default and hope it would work?

 

[Texas Carom Club]

You should be way good, those are driving miss daisy settings

2000 steps per seems low

Did you set ports and pins or just open default and hope it would work?

i have no idea what should look like what so its all default

 

[Texas Carom Club]

Is your jog control turned on? there three settings On, Off, and INC. be sure you have it toggled to the on position.

i dont see an on or off, it has 3 settings, but when i click to change only 2 change, neither does anything


uhhhh

i saved this very version 5 yrs ago because it worked for me
i might have to try a newer udated mach version