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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
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    15

    mach 3/controller directions reversed

    i'm having a problem with my machine. the last time that i had it running it would jog around with no problem. today i went and turned it on and for whatever reason the directions when i'm running it in jog mode on mach 3 are switched around. back and forth on the x-axis are fine, but the y-axis moves right whether you push right or left, and the z-axis isn't working at all.

    All my cable connections seem to be tight and just the way they were before. where should i start looking to fix this?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    2010
    I would be willing to bet that you have wiring problems. At this point you may well have blown drivers as well.

    Look for loose / intermittent connections and / or broken wires in the cables.
    “ In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” Thomas Jefferson

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
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    4
    Don't worried, don't be panic, just re-configure the x and y motor signal directions in the config signal motors.

    If you steel in need, just let me know and i'll send you some pics to show how handle it.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Posts
    15

    fixed

    thank you guys for the suggestions.

    i'm really not sure what happened, but it works just fine now. the weird thing is that i didn't do anything. i just turned it all back on to try and figure it out, turned on jog mode and everything is working perfectly again.

    so, i don't know what setting i had tripped, but it's fine now. thanks guys.

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