Troubleshooting non responsive machine- Mach3/Syil x4

[IhateDoug]

I disabled estop in Mach 3 and have jumped pin 11 and 17

Unsure what now - nothing shows on the diagnostics tab?


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[Doddy]

So, my thoughts are - with the other end of the cable plugged into the computer(?) that any output on pin 17 (the X-Direction pin) will be driving the E-Stop input into Mach3. By moving the X-Axis one way you'll set the X-Dir pin to +5V, by moving the other direction you'll set the X-Dir pin to 0V. You might have to do this from the "Run" page/tab on Mach 3... then head to the diagnostic page to witness the setting of the pin-11 input (estop). Sounds obvious, but with moving the axis in one direction, pin 11 input should be active, and in the other direction pin 11 should be in-active. This is just intended to verify the behaviour of the PC/motherboard, and later to verify the binding of the pin to the e-stop input.

[Doddy]

I disabled estop in Mach 3 and have jumped pin 11 and 17

Unsure what now - nothing shows on the diagnostics tab?


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Hmmm, the PC parallel port is female - you need to short these out either on the PC port itself, or on the other end of that cable.

[IhateDoug]

Hmmm, the PC parallel port is female - you need to short these out either on the PC port itself, or on the other end of that cable.

Lights light up in diagnostics as it is I’ll do it at the pc and update


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