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On 1/13/24 10:54 AM, Chuck Kahler
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Martin,
I reinstalled Mach3 and I still can’t get anything to work.
I can move the axis and I can see movement on the DRO but the
machine is not reacting at all. ?
Currently in search of another computer with a parallel port
to see if the problem is within my parallel port on my laptop.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Chuck
?There can be random errors introduced into
hard disks files that some people attribute to cosmic rays.
I know this sounds a bit conspiracy theory and though it is
rare it does happen. Also hard disks do not last forever. So
there is a possibility that one of your Mach3 files has been
corrupted and so it may be worth renaming the current Mach3
folder something like oldmach3 and reinstalling Mach3 to see
if that gets it to work again. If it does then it should be
a case of copying over the configuration file, license file
and part files and carrying on. If it does not work you can
delete the new Mach3 folder and put the name of the oldmach3
folder back to Mach3. I personally keep a backup copy of my
Mach3 folder on a separate machine and a USB stick just so I
can replace it if I suspect the working one has been
corrupted. If the parallel port is the fault then you may
have to go down the route of either a USB port controller or
a network port controller. I use laptops without issues
having set them up to never shut down when external power is
on, I think it was just a case of setting them up to act
like a desktop.
Martin C
