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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / Mach4 G540 PMDX-411 jogging causes Mach4 to lose communication with SmartBob.

« on: December 16, 2018, 07:45:23 PM »

Same scenario. On old Mach3, windows 7 PC with parallel port connected to G540, can jog at will.

On new Windows 10 laptop, latest Mach4v2 and PMDX-411 drivers, using USB port, PMDX-411 and G540, I can jog a few times on any axis and then get error about cannot communicate with Smartbob.

Requires complete restart of laptop and power off/on of G540 to get it to jog again, but then loses comm. again.

Any ideas?

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SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories / PMDX-411 Mach4 G540 Unable to clear E-Stop

« on: December 16, 2018, 07:41:02 PM »

I was using Mach3 on an old Windows 7 machine, connected to G540, with real emergency stop button connected to pins 10 and 12/ground.

On new Windows 10, 64bit system, setup using latest versions of Mach4 v2 and drivers for PMDX 411, created new profile, selected PMDX-411 motion controller in Mach 4. Tried everything I know to clear the emergency stop with no joy. Then connected emergency stop to pin 1 on G540 and ground. Could now clear estop and enable.

Do I have to use 411 pin 10/G540 pin 1 for estop?