Hello! im working with a machine, to get it to work with mach3 but i have some problems! the axis are not moving at all and this CNC machine is very old! 20 years old! do you know what the problem are? i see some resistance in the potometers so that tells that the stepmotor is working. the main problem is that nothing moves on the CNC machine! Using the old pararel port cable on windows 7 machine

Machine spes
Made by Spesproduct AS  Norwegian company
the CNC name is MI2000

Do you have any documentation on it?
How did it originally conect to its controller?
How are you connecting now?
Can you take some pictures of the drives etc and attach them.
Hood

Is your Windows 7 computer 64 or 32 bit?  Parallel port won't work on 64 bit.

John

Do you have any documentation on it?
How did it originally conect to its controller?
How are you connecting now?
Can you take some pictures of the drives etc and attach them.
Hood

I dont have any docs for it, dont even have the old software for it. What should i take pictures of? the CNC machine?

Is your Windows 7 computer 64 or 32 bit?  Parallel port won't work on 64 bit.

John

32bit

Take pics of the hardware (drives, breakout board etc) see if you can get makers name and model numbers from them.
Hood

Take pics of the hardware (drives, breakout board etc) see if you can get makers name and model numbers from them.
Hood

Sorry for so late reply but i dont get motor to work! gone upload the pictures when i come home from school

No name! do you see what this is? it looks like it is homebuilt with 3 controllers



Here is the wire to all 3 step motors




Here is bellow the heatsink


Here is the parelport connecting

anyone can help me out? i did the test drive on mach and it says "exelent" but i cant move any axis because theres so many pins or something?

Could you possibly post a picture of the circuit board which your LPT parallel port cable connects to on the machine ?

Tweakie.

Yes! gone upload pictures when i come home. What are you looking for?