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Hi S.A.
To control the stepper drives, you need a step and direction output, usually for hobby user's, you would use the PC's parallel port (2 pins per axis controlled).

The easiest way to do...

Hello, try something simple like coolant on/off first,(M08/M09) just in case it's a safety interlock preventing auto use (door open, low air pressure, low hydraulic/low slide oil/ low spindle oil...

Hi there,
If running XP (could be similar in Vista), try turning off the screensaver function, better still, go to control panel and click on the "power options" icon , set the "turn off monitor"...

Hi,
Round type (thompson etc) dont have any curved grooves machined into them for the ball bearings to ride in like LM guides (flat type linear rail), hence they need more bearing columns to...

Hi, I had this fun with mach3 as well, it is more likely to be noise causing a false trigger of the e stop line into the pc, rather than an e stop signal from the drive unit itself.

One option is...

Hi Jess, I assume when you say 320 that you mean geckodrive G320 servo drive?
If so, I will try to help you out.
I'm not sure what you mean by hitting a wall, I assume that may mean you get the...

Hi guys,
as I posted above, I did find the problem being swarf stuck in the Y linear rail binding up the bearing now and then.
I cleaned and fixed that... :)
As for scramjet, well beside the...

Hello Cristian, please give me some details of your system (type of machine, type of PC, software, motor drive-servo or stepper?, leadscrew,ballscrew,rack and pinion or belt drive? etc)
Can you give...

Sorry for the bother guys, but luckily I found it. PHEW! :)

Anyhow thanks to Benny and Ivan for organising the day, and those of you who went through the effort of bringing your creations, look...

Hi Guys,
did anyone see my wallet, I'm going nuts trying to find it, if you did find it, please respond to this post ASAP.
Thanks.
It has my licence etc in there, name is Andrew Jason Mifsud.
I...

Hello people,
I have an annoying problem with my Y axis servo, since the start. I don't know if it's a bug with Mach3 or the P.C. (although I have already changed the P.C. it could still be a...

when using scale, the encoder is still used to monitor motor speed as a tacho.
The cnc compares movement from the encoder to the scale, if the motor is moving, but no feedback signal comes back from...

Check that the coupling between the motor and encoder is tight, if not sure, then spread the coupling with a screw driver and reassemble, should help get rid of the buzzing (hunting) noise.
you can...