Welcome to the wonderful world of trouble shooting. It’s the intermittent issues that are the hardest to find and fix. Congratulations, especially if you...
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scott@...
theburels
Mar 1, 2013 9:49 pm
I had not thought the process through very well (new to CNC). I could not get X to work, switched it with Z, then it quit, then they all worked then Y quit and...
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Bettin Daniele
routatore
Feb 27, 2013 8:24 pm
Hallo I don't know why you write me: I know nothing about electronics. I think you can change the setting mach3 numbers: try to exchange the x numbers pins...
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NOBLE BOWES
nbowes...
Feb 27, 2013 6:20 pm
if you do that, how do you make the z retract and extend?? from the desk of Noble (Bo) Bowes [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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tecfacet
Feb 27, 2013 4:29 pm
Scott... where are you located. Â There is prob some member of this group who may be able to help you trouble-shoot this problem. Roger ... From: reza nikbakht...
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reza nikbakht
rezanikbakht
Feb 27, 2013 3:13 am
Hi Scott  It's possible to change the Axis.it's not difficault.please let me know which software are you using?.CNCPRO or MACH ? In all softwares using LPT...
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Guss Phun
phunguss
Feb 27, 2013 3:13 am
Yes to your later question... just connect your X motor to the Z terminals on the board, and change the pinout in Mach3 to show the X as the pins that normall...
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doug6949
Feb 26, 2013 11:42 pm
Crankymachinist was my domain. I let it expire a few years back so I doubt you would find anything there. Doug...
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nightworker17
Feb 26, 2013 11:36 pm
Hi, I also found the source code at these locations on the internet Archive Wayback Machine: (just past the url below and enter - overwrite the http://) you...
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theburels
Feb 26, 2013 9:15 pm
Hi All, Some time ago I bought a complete cnc setup. I have little knowledge of how to diagnose the board. The problem is the X axis does not work, completely....
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Aban
cncservis
Feb 16, 2013 3:28 pm
Thanks I for the information...Tracy presnell.... now I can get its.......
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Tracy Presnell
tpres500
Feb 16, 2013 4:54 am
In the file section. Tracy...
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Aban
cncservis
Feb 16, 2013 3:10 am
Good Morning, Why I cannot find the source code... Where I can et its,..... Thanks, Best regards, Aban...
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Roland Jollivet
jemelectric
Sep 2, 2012 6:29 am
From older posts............ ________________ ... You might want to visit vetusware.com. Expand the "System" list box and you'll find Borland's C++ compilers ...
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lyles_43
Sep 2, 2012 3:17 am
I've tried to download the compiler, but every source wants me to install their downloader or some other suspicious software. Have you found a source that does...
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roland.bond
Aug 22, 2012 1:15 am
Each layer of the stack would be required but some functionality could be dropped if necessary. For example it could be limited to a single connection....
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Daniel Ford
danielthegre...
Aug 22, 2012 1:14 am
I currently have a TCP/IP network running on a bunch of Windows PCs plus one MS-DOS 6.22 PC. The DOS machine uses a free Microsoft product, previously ...
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Steven Barden
steveb3906
Aug 20, 2012 6:02 pm
There was a GUI interface that was used back in the day and it had integrated a TCP/IP stack fo rnetwork use. It was called Desqview/X by Quarterdeck who made...
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alex
al5502
Aug 20, 2012 2:48 pm
About 15 years ago I was doing TCP/IP for DOS with WATTCP.It was working rather well. http://www.erickengelke.com/wattcp/ Saying this, Linux could be a much...
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Roland Jollivet
jemelectric
Aug 20, 2012 2:44 pm
Surely there's no need to implement full TCP/IP. Sending simple ethernet packets should suffice. As long as the Dos program can service the web pages in a...
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alex
al5502
Aug 20, 2012 2:12 pm
Hi Amit, to implement network in DOS is not as straight forward as in Linux-based system, where it is native environment. otherwise what you've done looks...
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roland.bond
Aug 20, 2012 5:20 am
Hi, Another alternative would be to implement http over an ethernet connection. The program could just serve web pages. The other computer would just need a...
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Bettin Daniele
routatore
Aug 19, 2012 1:28 pm
Well... the idea is really great. I just am horribly ignorant and I really don't know how I could help. I just finished making a CNC lathe of my normal lathe...
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Amit Goradia
amitgoradia
Aug 17, 2012 6:16 pm
Hi Roland, The system you propose has many merits: The primary motivation being the GUI of the CNC machine is in an environment familiar to the users. I have...
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Roland Jollivet
jemelectric
Aug 17, 2012 4:12 pm
Hi All I think there is still a lot of mileage in the DOS based CNC programs. Their primary competition being Mach, LinucCNC(EMC) and the USB controllers. The...
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bear_machine
Jul 10, 2012 5:47 am
I would not use the G60(Constant Contour off) call in any of your part programs, It causes CNC Pro to move in the wrong direction. My Brother was running our...
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Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 25, 2012 11:44 pm
Took me a second to get it. :) Appreciate the advice Cheers Sent from my iPad...
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Z P
chatnick_au
Apr 25, 2012 11:41 pm
Steve, Sounds like a shot of penicillin would cure that. Seriously though.. calculate/estimate/measure the pitch of the belt as a starting point. Then visit...
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Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 25, 2012 11:15 pm
Hi everyone Another question I have pulley with 28 teeth and has an inner dia 0.795" according to my info sheet with the step motor. It's is also 0.28" wide ...
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Steve Mitchell
skl56mitch
Apr 25, 2012 1:09 pm
Thanks Jason Lots of good info, sure helps Cheers Steve Sent from my iPad...
