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10.3 Configuration of axes used in the machine ................................................................................. 37
10.4 Configuration of the digital input signals .................................................................................... 38
10.5 Configuration of digital output signals........................................................................................ 40
10.6 Configuration of spindle and cooling controlling ......................................................................... 42
10.7 Configuration of the resolution, speed and acceleration of the axes............................................ 44
10.8 Configuration of motion directions, homing and software limits ................................................. 45
10.9 Additional configuration functions in the plug-in window ........................................................... 46
10.9.1 Servo drive fault signals .................................................................................................... 46
10.9.2 Override sources tab, feed rate correction speed and spindle revs .................................... 47
10.9.3 Spindle tab, selection of analog output that controls the spindle revs ............................... 47
10.9.4 Special functions tab, HVEnable and ServoReset. ............................................................. 48
10.10 Selection of inch/mm units ........................................................................................................ 49
10.11 Parameters in the General Config window. ................................................................................. 49
11. First tests ..................................................................................................................................... 51
11.1 Checking the input signals ......................................................................................................... 51
11.2 Verification of axes scaling and motion directions ...................................................................... 52
11.3 HOMING and software limit switches test ................................................................................... 53
11.3.1 First homing ...................................................................................................................... 53
11.3.2 SoftLimit switches. ........................................................................................................... 53
11.4 Test of spindle and cooling. ....................................................................................................... 54
12. Sample processing step by step ..................................................................................................... 55
12.1 Preparation of project and G-Code files. ..................................................................................... 55
12.2 Preparation of the machine and the Mach program .................................................................... 59
12.3 We begin the work ...................................................................................................................... 61
13. A few practical notes about Mach3 program and CSMIO/ IP-M......................................................... 63
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14. VisualBasic macros ..................................................................................................................... 65
14.1 Automatic tool-length measurement .......................................................................................... 65
14.1.1 Configuration .................................................................................................................... 66
14.2 Automatic tool change macro .................................................................................................... 67
15. Addition A - CSMIO/IP-M software updates ................................................................................... 68
15.1 How to check your software version ........................................................................................... 68
15.2 Updating application (uploader) ................................................................................................. 68
15.3 Plugins file update ..................................................................................................................... 69
15.4 Checking the update .................................................................................................................. 69
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