Mach 3 table movement scale wrong

Software Mach3
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I bought a new computer to replace my primary, and have an older one I am going to use for the garage to control Mach

Everything worked as it shouldve when I last used my now defunct laptop on the table

Reinstalled fusion on the brand new laptop

The older laptop I am going to use in the garage has windows 8

Ive installed mach3, full version.
Ive installed CrossFire Mach3 USB Motion Controller Plugin
Ive installed CrossFire Mach3 Profile

When I jog the table it will max the X (and Im assuming Y) axis out completely and only show 4" or so on my screen. 5"ish of travel on the table is only about 1 in mach

Scale reads +1.000 on all the axis’ in the mach controller

Again everything worked fine on my now defunct windows 10 laptop, I doubt its a hardware issue the table physically is moving fine.

The torch is also not firing. Im not sure if thats software or not. The machine itself does work when triggered manually.

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Could it be your “Native Units” in Mach3 config?

  • Start Mach3
  • Select CONFIG tab
  • SET NATIVE UNITS
  • Make sure it’s set to inches.

Just a thought… Good luck!!

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Forgot to mention it, but that was checked and confirmed correct.

Thanks

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But did you choose it when you started Mach 3?

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I believe I did a few times at startup and then clicked a “dont ask me again” checkbox

Where do I check to confirm?

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In the Profile box on the lower right of the Mach 3 screen you should see CrossFire-v1.1, if you don’t then the wrong profile is being loaded and that would certainly mess up any operations. I’m not sure how to revert Mach 3 to asking about your config on startup, I’ve never selected “don’t ask…”
Reinstalling Mach 3 wouldn’t be terribly difficult…

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Fixed, total reinstall of Mach. I believe I picked the wrong icon to keep on the desktop after install when theres like 5 or 6 on there

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You want the Mach 3 Loader icon.

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