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Nice work on your Z screw replacement. Did you install the Acorn controller yet? If so I'd like to hear how it is working and see a photo of your cabinet. I'm thinking of getting one for my MG....

I got the Multicam Cable and problem is solved.
Thanks!

Richard,

The previous owners of my machine found the cable that they used and are sending it to me. I should have it tomorrow. Hopefully it will work.

Thanks for your help,
Morgan

From the Multicam users manual.


The following is the pin out for the MultiCam serial cable. In both cases, Pin #9 is not used.
Computer End, DB9 Female
Pin # Color ...

Do you mean the port on the computer? It is just wired the way they come from the factory. On the machine side it is the way it was when we got it but it has never worked. I am just using a DB9 cable...

I have a MG103 that I cannot get to connect to a computer. I am trying to connect via serial port. I do not have a Multicam cable. I have tried with a XP computer and a Window 2000 computer. I have...

Are there older industrial machine that would be better than the shop bot for around the same money?

WTB used cnc router with shop bot PRS Alpha capabilities. Need 48"*96"*6" cutting area. I am familiar with Mach3 so that would be a plus but I am can learn a new interface if I need to. What...

Hello everyone,

This is a strange one. Our z axis moves fine on large moves and jogs but when running a ski core profile (this is a piece of wood that is thicker in the middle and thinner towards...

our problem was in our cad drawing not mach3 or cut2d, total flailing on my part, thanks for all the help. What is the best way to configure Mach three to metric? All the motor tuning numbers we...

Where in the gcode is the material size specified?

Our origins our 0,0 and mach3 is starting in the corner were we want it to but the parts are pushed all the way to one side of the material and we have them centered in the material in in cut2d. We...

WE are using Mach3 and creating cut paths in cut 2d from Alibre files. We are having trouble with the cut out location on the material being changed from cut 2d to mach3. When the code is loaded...

Thanks everyone, It worked great.

Tulsa turbo, When using your macro after zeroing on the plate the router is retracting to the top limit. I set the retract height to 1" but it still is going up past the top limit. Thanks for all...

I am trying to create a z axis zero plate. I am running mach 3 with a Bladerunner box. I wired an aluminum plate into the wiring for the z axis home switch and reversed the z axis home direction so...