Mach3 and Probotix

[chessmen]

Hello one and all, I am very new to CNC Router, I am 68 years old and live in Canada.Does any one have all the Mach3 setting for Probotix Fireball V90 ?.
I appreciate any help I can get.
Regards chessmen.

[jalessi]

Take a look at the attached images.

[busby]

Originally Posted by chessmen Hello one and all, I am very new to CNC Router, I am 68 years old and live in Canada.Does any one have all the Mach3 setting for Probotix Fireball V90 ?. I appreciate any help I can get. Regards chessmen.

Hi,
Did you ever get the Mach3 settings from anyone on the forum? If so, or if you've come up with good working settings by now, would you be into sharing the settings file? I'm having some difficulty with missed steps in my x axis direction and feel it may be something to do with settings, perhaps in the acceleration or similar area.
Cheers
Donn

[kmacht]

I don't have a fireballl v90 but am running the probotix bi-polar drivers on my JGRO. I was having all sorts of trouble getting accurate cuts with it. What finally worked was turning on 1/8 microstep. I don't know why but when I used full step my parts were always .010 to .020 off. Turning on 1/8 microstep and they are now coming out perfect.

Keith

[busby]

Originally Posted by kmacht I don't have a fireballl v90 but am running the probotix bi-polar drivers on my JGRO. I was having all sorts of trouble getting accurate cuts with it. What finally worked was turning on 1/8 microstep. I don't know why but when I used full step my parts were always .010 to .020 off. Turning on 1/8 microstep and they are now coming out perfect. Keith

Thank you Keith, I'll look at this today. I don't believe my setup is full step, but it is possible. The behaviour is sporadic, seems to be worse the more I need it to work :-) I'll post back after I try. If switching gives me better performance I'll also let them know at Probotix.
Cheers,
Donn

[alecdamonki]

hi,
Have set up and wired 3 axis V90 according to 4-Axis_ProboStep_wiring_diagram.pdf minus 4th motor and limits and am having dramas getting a connection to windows 7 with mach3 i've included pics of mach3 config and have followed directions to the letter motors hum but don't jog lpt1 is 0x378 pleez help...

[alecdamonki]

hi just adding wiring pic

[ger21]

In Ports and Pins, your motors step and direction are set to port 0. They need to be set to port 1.

[ger21]

Enable pins also should be set to port 1

[alecdamonki]

will let ya know if that is my only problem... :S

[alecdamonki]

Hi, have run drivertest without mach3 running and pbx-rf driver board turned on with usb and parallel port plugged into computer and it returns "No driver sensed installed run drivertest" Do I need a software driver so the computer recognizes pbx-rf? uploading a wiring pic of driver board also All help appreciated...
Alec

[ger21]

Drivertest is for the Mach3 driver. If it's not working, then ach3 won't work. Can you post a screen shot of the Mach3 Diagnostics page?

Also, when you installed Mach3, did you reboot when you were instructed to? If not, you may need to completely uninstall it and reinstall. Read the installation part of the manual carefully, and watch the installation and setup video at www.machsupport.com