My name is George B, I live in Kent, WA south of Seattle. I do have a background in Hardware, but I know next to nothing about CNC and machining in general. I have a hobby grade CNC mill lathe combo with a Camtronics controller with Geckos in it. I've never had a single problem with the steppers, the controller, the XP PC, and I have been using Mach2.
I've decided to make the move to Mach3, and I'm already a little frustrated. I can fire up Mach2, go to the Motor tuning page, and all is good. I got to mach3, where I have enabled the lpt1 port, and then to the motor tuning page, and I can't get a motor to move. So I guess this is an intro, and a plead for help.. I've watched a few intros, and thought I'd read the manual, but..... here I am... lost...