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NEED HELP! mach 3 isnt reccognizing Phlat printer!

Discussion in 'Mach3' started by TAS Foamies, Mar 29, 2012.

  1. TAS Foamies

    TAS Foamies New Member

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    Hey guys, title says it all. What do I do? My main problem is that my pc didnt have a port to begin with so we bought the reccomended LPT card for the comp. It reccognizes the card, and I got the I/O range set, read the manual for the card and the machine isnt doing any talking unless I resave my settings under device manager. What am I missing? Any help is greatly appreciated!

    Thanks and God bless!
     
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    TAS Foamies New Member

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    I tried the same with 0378 as well.
     
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    Go into the bios and see if there is a setting to change the address on the pci bus
     
  5. kram242

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    I have been hearing mixed results with the installed LPT cards. Some say they got it to work but some say they can't. i guess its all in the card that you get.
    You may find some more help on this subject at the Mach3 support forum here: http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index. ... on=search2
    Hope this helps
    Mark and Trish
     
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    Thanks guys, we got a used pc for 80$ for my cutting computer. It was definetly worth it. I cut the first complete kit! The 30" TAS Edge 540!!! :dance3:
     
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    Great to hear Tomas! Thank you for the update and glad to hear your up and running :doubleup:
    Congratulation's on the kit brother. We pray that your business is blessed and brings you much happiness!
    Mark and Trish
     
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    What a great machine! Cant wait to have some time to play with it!!! One question... say a full kit doesnt fit on a sheet and I cut 15 cowling pieces on one sheet... Why does it cut some backwards and leave the rough side on the edge of the piece and not on others? Why does the program do this?? Thanks guys! Were up to a 60 kit line up for RCX 2012 including:
    30" Edge 540,
    32" Extra 260,
    34" Eagle 580,
    34" Extra 300,
    34" Yak 54,
    39" Seagull ( beach sloper made for super light slopes)

    Machine cuts great, just curious why it cuts some pieces backwards... Thanks guys!
     
  9. Evil-Tunes

    Evil-Tunes Moderator Staff Member

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    It could be that you flipped a piece with the code attached in SU. Just redo the code for the ones that are reversed and see if that changes it?

    Cheers
    E-T
     
  10. TigerPilot

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    Glen, if I remember correctly, if you flip a part after you made the Phlatlines it will cut the right direction but will go up and down, up and down...in small segments. I think that if the face is reversed it will make the printer cut in the wrong direction.
     
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    I've also had "problems" with cut direction with flipped parts.

    The sewing machine motion I believe is an artifact of too many small segments. Only comparison I can make is in DevCAD; when I use it to generate cut files, I need to convert segments to poly lines. Not sure what the equivalent is in SU
    In SU I use the weld tool when I see this. Can't say it's the root cause, but occasionally I will get the sewing machine effect on plans I've downloaded from others. For some odd reason even straight lines are segments. I either delete the segments, and make a single line, or use the weld function for more complex objects. Then the sewing machine effect goes away.
     
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    To convert to poly lines. get bezier curve plugin by fredo6, from sketucation.com . Once you have the plugin, right click on the selected line, one of the options in the menu will be convert to > with polyline as one of the options. This works way better and is easier than weld.

    Stop flipping parts, just scale them to -100% , thats negative 100% . I've never flipped, but if flipping is easier than scaling, after you flip, right click on the part then reverse the face.
     
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    Jeffro, flipping is waayyy easier and you can flip it in any direction that you want. Flipping does not reverse the face. It stays the same.
     
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    I just gave flipping a try. I'm so used to the scale tool, that the question of which is easier is a wash to me. Flipping is pretty easy though. I flipped along all 3 axis, and when I flipped on the blue axis, the face was reveased. I still use Su7, could it be Su8 fixed the reverse face ?
     
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    When you flip along the blue axis it has to reverse the face. You flip the part upside down. :D
    BTW, I use SU7 too.
     
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    I should have known that :roll:

    Tomas: Have you figured out why some of your parts were cutting backwards?
     
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    Sorry guys, Im back! I was trying to recover from RCX 2012! HAHA What a great weekend! I didnt figure out why it was doing it, but after some ideas posted here, Im going to experiment with those techniques. I fixed it, just dont know how LOL. Thanks guys for all your help! :doubleup:
     
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    Need a bit of help on an issue I have on cut sizes. I'll try to explain this correctly. When I draw a design lets say a FPV Pod mount I've been having issues with the parts not fitting or slipping together. I compensated by placing a slightly larger bit in the cutter so pieces will key together. This doesn't seem to work all the time more often than I like it too. I'm making a 3D Printer and was testing the motor mount and I'm having to go back and trim tabs and holes. The tabs are to big and the holes are to small. I thought it was an error on my part but I run into this on other drawings as well. In my Cadd or on Sketchup I have double checked and my parts fit and are true. However I get an odd difference when I cut fitted parts. I had an idea I had a step issue but I have checked via Mach3. I also changed boards so I do not believe this could be the cause either. Has anyone else had this issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


    Jeff
     
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    Sounds like you need to recalibrate your x and y axis.
     

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