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My company is wanting to jump on the MTLINKi and file transfer wagon. I already have Ethernet capabilities to all of the machines but was told by the installer that it wasn't a good idea to do data...

I have one of the older Deepgroove 5C 4th axis add-ons for my Taig machine and it has become tight and not working properly. I have contacted Deepgroove and they have been very helpful today. First...

So I finally got it sorted out. What finally got it was I quit using the "engraving" tool path in VCarve and used a "pocketing" tool path with a roughing path. This let me run faster speeds which...

What about upgrading to Mach4? Will it run on a 64bit system?

Here are some pics after it finished.

I purchased the cable and resistors and made them up all day yesterday. I also added a box fan, power supply for relays and a spindle relay. I ran my program this morning from VCarve and same...

I didn't try it with resistors yet. I also noticed that the cables are not shielded so I'm going to order cables and resistors today. Maybe even a cooler for the g540.

Well I opened up the db9 connector and realized I was told to take the resistors out. So currently I do not have resistors on pins 1&5. Also my power supply is a 7.3a 48v. The resistors that the...

When you say current the drive is set to do you mean the resistor?

This is the trouble I'm having. My motors and drive are getting hot after about 30mins of running and I'm missing steps. How do you know if the current is set properly on the drives? I have a G540...

Well I'm back at it and having some issues again. It appears that I'm missing steps when I run a pattern. When I run a pocket with multiple passes to get the final depth cut it shifts over. I...

I'm having issues with steps so I'm ready to go to closed loop. I'm looking at getting the encoders and 282/oz motors from automation technologies. First question is will I have issues using them...

Thank you for the help. I found that I was looking at it wrong. I was thinking it should be similar to the other axis that were running on IPM. I ended up turning the velocity up to 20,000 and the...

So I got a 4th axis and started in on it. I calculated the steps and it is very close. It was running good in jog for a good amount of time today. Then I tried to move it in MDI and it moved...

Kenny,

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Once I got home I opened the pin and ports and there it was. All is good now.

I found a collet and ran my program. The image was a mirror image of what it was suppose to be. Then I started looking at it and found the polarities are backwards on my X and Y axis. Is this just...

So I think the kernel speed got me where I wanted to go for now. I was able to calibrate within .0002" and set the backlash. The motors seem to run cooler and everything calibrated out to at or...

As far as missing steps how do I solve that? Is a smooth stepper the only way?

I will try reinstalling Mach. My PC is a basic dell running xp with chrome, IE, standard programs installed from windows, Mach, VCarve pro 6.5, VCarve pro 7.0, adobe reader, and teamviewer. I also...

Well just as I was leaving my machine I decided to open Mach and try my program again. Before closing it I had it calibrated pretty close and ran the program. When I started Mach again I hit the go...

Ok so here is some more after I tried to make the motor stall. It won't let me set the velocity over about 31. I tried to set it at 50 and it automatically set it back. Also I could never get the...

Kenny,

I understand the difference between steps and the speed settings. That's why I don't understand why the steps don't stay the same when the speeds are changed. Another thing I noticed that...

So I have watched some of the videos on youtube and tried to do what they say as far as calibration. When I go to set the steps I first set the motor tuning to 30 on the velocity and 2 on the...