MachForWin64 Users Guide
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1. You can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for the appropriate IP settings A Obtain an IP address automatically IP address Subnet mask Default gateway Obtain DNS server address automatically Use the following DNS server addresses Preferred DNS server Alternate DNS server Validate settings upon exit Page 5 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 6 Press OK on the Internet Protocol Version 4 Properties dialog Press OK on the Local Area Connection Properties dialog Right click the icon for the adapter again and select Enable G E t Control Panel Network and Inte Organize Enable this network device Dia Local Ar Status __ Connecti Diagnose Create Shortcut Delete ay Rename L n a Properties 7 You can now connect the computer to the ethernet breakout board using either the provided ethernet cable or your own cable Page 6 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 Step 5 Start Mach and select the plugin Next start Mach Once Mach has initialized you should be presented with a dialog asking you to select a control device Select MachForWin64 check Don t ask me again click OK and then restart Mach Your system is showing more than one control device Please pick the one you would l2. 1 0 Either way you will reach the following dialog ad MachForWin64 Settings Home Pull Of Amounts inches Axis X 0 1000 Movement Update l Rate ms Axis Y 0 1000 5s lt 4 Axis 10 1000 Use 5 Others are BETA Axis A 0 1000 Step Pulse Width us Axis B 01000 5s xis C 01000 Spindle Motor Settings Pulses Per Revolution 2000 Max RPM Velocity 2500000 Acceleration RPS 2 70000 ce The available options are as follows e Movement Update Rate This is currently not used and should remain at 5 Changing this can cause unpredictable and or unusual breakout board behavior Step Pulse Width The pulse width in microseconds of all of the step signals Home Pull Off Amounts These values are the distance in inches that the breakout board will move when backing off of a triggered home switch during the homing process e Spindle settings for step dir spindle o Pulses Per Revolution The number of step pulses that must be output to complete one revolution of the spindle Max RPM The maximum speed of the spindle in RPM The acceleration of the spindle in revolutions per second squared After changing any settings in Mach or in the plugin configuration screen it is recommended that you restart Mach although it is not always necessary with many settings Page 9 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 IV Breakout Board Information A Diagram The bo
3. STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 MachForWin64 Users Guide I MachForWin64 Kit Contents Your MachForWin64 Kit comes with the following components e An ethernet breakout board This is connected to your computer over ethernet and provides two parallel port headers and an additional 10 pin header of I O to control your CNC system An ethernet cable To connect the board to the computer This user guide A CD which contains o An electronic copy of this user manual o An installer for the Mach plugin needed in order to use the MachForWin64 Kit ll Setting up the MachForWin64 Kit Step 1 Powering up the breakout board From a 24 volt power supply connect 24 volts to the VM terminal and ground to the GND terminal Turn on the supply and observe that the LEDs on the ethernet board light indicating that it was successfully powered Step 2 Connecting your CNC system The MachForWin64 kit is designed to work with your existing CNC system as such it provides two parallel port headers for port one and port two Simply plug your existing system into the parallel headers If you need more I O than the two parallel ports provide a third 10 pin header provides 6 additional input pins See the section below on the board pinout for more information Step 3 Install the MachForWin64 Plugin On the CD included in the kit there is an installer named M4W64InstallerXX exe where XX is the version number of the plugin If you mi
4. ard contains the following relevant components 1 2 gt OF Ethernet Port Plug your ethernet cable in here 10 Pin IO Header port 3 A header that contains duplicates of two port 2 input pins alongside 6 additional inputs Port 2 The second parallel port header which typically drives axes B and C Port 1 The primary parallel port header which typically drives axes X Y Z andA Power Terminal Block A terminal block to connect a 24 volt power supply I O voltage select jumper As labeled on the board this jumper selects whether the I O ports operate at 5 volts or 3 3 volts Power and motion LEDs Two of these LEDs are lit when the board is powered and another lights up to indicate motion Connection LED This LED is lit while the board is successfully connected to Mach B Parallel Ports The parallel ports ports 1 and 2 are configured such that certain pins are fixed as inputs and others are fixed as outputs On port 1 pins 1 through 9 14 16 and 17 are outputs and pins 10 through 13 and 15 are inputs Page 10 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 On port 2 pins 1 through 5 14 16 and 17 are outputs and pins 10 through 13 and 15 are inputs Pins 6 through 9 are not connected in this version of the MachForWin64 kit but may be connected in a later version On port 3 pins 3 4 5 6 7 and 8 are inputs corresponding to header pins 3 4 5 6 7 and 9 On the header pins 1 and 2 a
5. ectly Note that the breakout board has dedicated pins for input and output Trying to set put an output on an input pin will not work Also assigning multiple outputs to the same pin will results in undefined behavior Ensure that your settings in Config gt Ports and Pins are correct given the Page 11 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 pinout of the breakout board explained above The breakout board is losing or skipping steps This is likely due to an issue with your network throughput for some reason your computer cannot write the movement data to the board quickly enough Ensure that your network settings for that ethernet port match the ones explained in section II If your computer is too slow and is being interrupted by too much other network traffic or other activities it may not be able to write data to the breakout board quickly enough To prevent this ensure that you are running a clean install of Windows with no viruses malware etc Also minimize other network traffic to ensure maximum bandwidth for the board I think have found a bug in the plugin or breakout board If you believe that you have found a bug or problem with the MachForWin64 kit you can report it to us using a form available at http machforwin64 com support As long as you provide a valid email address we will respond if we find any issues related to your report Page 12 of 12
6. ike this profile to use Normal Printer port Operation No Device e C No Device j C No Device Dont ask me this again Now when you run Mach the MachForWin64 Plugin and the ethernet breakout board will be used instead of the parallel port In most cases your existing configuration will work as is but if it does not the next sections will explain the configuration and pinout of the MachForWin64 kit Page 7 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 lil Configuring the MachForWin64 Plugin The MachForWin64 plugin gets most of its configuration data from the normal Mach configuration dialogs but there are the following exceptions e Step Dir spindle motor settings e Step signal pulse width e Homing pull off amounts that is how far in inches the motors back up after reaching the home switch when homing To change these settings you must use the plugin config dialog You can get to this dialog by either going to the Plugin Control menu and selecting MachForWin64 or by going to Config gt Config Plugins and clicking the CONFIG button to the left of the MachForWin64 plugin listing Video Window MachForWinb4 Plugin Name Flash FlashScreen SWF PlugIn A Fenerty B Barker JoyStick JoyStick PlugIn Art Fenerty Ver 1 0a Printerscope Port Scope 1 00 046 MachForWin64 v1 0 TurnQDiags Turn Diags 1 00 1 Video B Barker Ver 1 0 Page 8 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION
7. mputer View your actrve networks You a Change your networking settings Page 2 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 3 Right click the icon for the Ethernet port you are using and select Disable Then right click again and select Properties Organize Disable this network device Diagnose this conne Disable Status Diagnose Bridge Connections Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties Page 3 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 4 Uncheck things in the properties dialog until it looks like the image below Then double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 to open its properties H Local Area Connection Properties Connect using EF Realtek PCle FE Family Controller This connection uses the following items Client for Microsoft Networks O fi Virtual PC Network Fitter Driver I 905 Packet Scheduler O 42 File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks L Intemet Protocol Version amp TCP IPv6 wi Intemet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPy4 amp Link Layer Topology Discovery Mapper 1 0 Driver C Link Layer Topology Discovery Responder Description Allows your computer to access resources on a Microsoft network Page 4 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 5 Edit the properties so that it looks like the image below Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 Properties
8. re alternative connections to port 2 pins 3 and 5 C Other Information Board Dimensions 4 5 in x 3 35 in Distance between screws o Long side corner to corner 4 010 in o Short side corner to corner 2 8 in o Corner to middle screw hole 2 046 in o Middle screw hole to other corner 1 964 in Power requirements 24 volts e Max Current o 100 mA total on port 1 pins 2 through 9 This will be increased in a future revision V Troubleshooting keep getting a message that it failed to find or connect to the breakout board Ensure that the board is powered and connected to the correct ethernet port on your computer Ensure that your network settings for that ethernet port match the ones explained in section Il Try restarting your computer and then un powering and re powering the board Also some wireless adaptors have been found to interfere with connecting to the board keep getting a message that lost connection to the breakout board Ensure that your network settings for that ethernet port match the ones explained in section Il If your computer is too slow and is being interrupted by too much other network traffic or other activities it may not be able to write data to the breakout board quickly enough To prevent this ensure that you are running a clean install of Windows with no viruses malware etc Also minimize other network traffic to ensure maximum bandwidth for the board My inputs and outputs are behaving incorr
9. splace your CD or want to update to a later version of the plugin it can be downloaded at http machforwin64 com plugin When you run the installer it will ask for the location of your Mach3 installation defaulting to C Mach3 It will then install the plugin along with any prerequisites required on your computer Page 1 of 12 STEPPER3 LLC MACH FOR WIN64 USERS GUIDE VERSION 1 0 After the installation is complete the following files will be added to the Plugins folder in your Mach3 install e M4W64Plugin dll The Mach plugin itself e m4w64 changelog txt The changelog for the plugin up to the installed version e sdlicense txt The Stepper3 license agreement that was presented in the plugin installer Step 4 Configure your network settings and connect the board to the PC In order to function efficiently we highly recommend configuring your ethernet card to match the settings explained below Without doing this services such as DHCP may cause the connection to reset during use These instructions are for Windows 7 but the process is very similar on XP and 8 1 Click the Network connections system tray icon and select Open Network and Sharing Center Quotations Not connected ie No connections are available Troubleshoot QO en Network and Sharing Center Control Panel Home View your basic network ir Change adapter settings a a 3 Change advanced sharinc al i 3 PC This co
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