http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/ Mach1,Mach2 and Mach3 CNC Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:21:59 GMT warp9td http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114729 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114729 I think you are confusing it with backlash compensation. Threading needs to be in the plugin because it needs to react instantaneously to changes in spindle Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:13:28 GMT Christer Johansson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114728 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114728 Brian, I reinstalled Mach3 and new Smoothstepper plugin again, and also restored all my settings. And "Hurray" the new plugin works fine now J. Maybe my Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:47:50 GMT qconvers@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114727 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114727 Many thanks to everyone who's offered advice. I'm sure glad I asked the question before blowing any money, there's SO much to consider. Here's what Rhino Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:10:43 GMT hunserv http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114726 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114726 The only experience I had is that for drilling cycle after FEEDHOLD CYCLESTART does not resume work (have not tried reverse) Only STOP after feedhold, and then Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:04:49 GMT hunserv http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114725 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114725 I have seen laptop with integral PP working fine, plus added PCMCIA card for second parallel port... So I suppose should be no issue... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:53:48 GMT H Hatem http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114724 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114724 When I first started with Mach, I ran a PCMCIA off a Compaq laptop and had great success. All the best, Henry From: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:47:20 GMT art2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114723 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114723 William: I have several reports of pcmcia card working fine as they are real printer ports, not usb ports. That doesnt mean all will, but I havent heard Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:46:31 GMT art2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114722 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114722 Hi: The SS is reported to thread fine as it is. No real change shoudl occur other than its a bit mnore accurate at this point under the new code. Thanks, Art Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:40:16 GMT Dr Mark Vaughan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114721 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114721 The common limit switches are V3 style and similar micro switches. They are available with silver or gold contacts. The gold ones are pretty good at low Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:10:30 GMT Henrik Olsson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114720 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114720 Hi, Yes and no. You can make the axis move further away from the switch but only AFTER the actual homing is complete. The homing in Mach3 works by first Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:01:24 GMT William Carr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114719 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114719 Hi. I know that laptops are not optimal for motor control, but ... suppose I want to run Mach on my laptop for training purposes. Has anyone tried a PCMCIA Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:01:21 GMT Henry Liu http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114718 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114718 Cheap game cards work fine for 2D but Solidworks only supports Quadro and FireGL type hardware acceleration. The chips have the same cores but different Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:51:57 GMT Boman33 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114717 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114717 I had a strange crash: The program was drilling a hole and the drill bit was near the bottom of the hole with the next instruction to retract it and then move. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:46:35 GMT hunserv http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114716 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114716 Brian, (or someone who is competent in this issue) Earlier I read that threading is planned to be moved in the trajectory planner... By when it is planned to Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:40:14 GMT Boman33 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114715 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/114715 Thanks Brian, I know you do not like the G92 and I see recommendations not to use it but it ought to be repeatable and predictable. I am not using any