InPhase

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  • September 15, 2013 at 10:35 am in reply to: TG and tgFX not talking #4529
    InPhase
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    Sorry it’s been awhile getting to your question. I have now tried it on several different computers.

    Computer 1: AMD Sempron 1.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Windows XP 32-bit SP3

    This is the shop computer and tgFX doesn’t work

    Computer 2: Intel i7 2.2 GHz, 3 GB RAM, Windows XP x64 SP2

    tgFX works great with this box

    Computer 3: Intel Atom powered netbook, 1 GB RAM, Windows 7 32-bit

    tgFX doesn’t work

    Computer 4: AMD E-30 1.3 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Windows 7 x64

    Again, tgFX works great. I have since discovered that the shop computer has a 64 bit processor, so I installed XP x64 on it and everything is good there. But something is fishy with the 32 bit tgFX at least when I’ve tried it. As far as it goes on my end, everything is ok now that I installed a 64 bit OS on the computer the machine uses.

    And yes Riley, coolterm worked on every system.

    September 5, 2013 at 7:28 pm in reply to: TG and tgFX not talking #4460
    InPhase
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    Thanks to both of you for replying. I have a v8 board that came with 0.95, which didn’t work with the latest 32-bit Windows tgFX release. So, I brought the firmware up to 0.96, build 380.05. Still didn’t work.

    Today, I used a couple of different computers to test it out. The 64-bit version of tgFX works in both XP-x64 and W7-x64 with my board. The 32-bit version doesn’t work.

    Now that’s great news, except the computer in my shop that runs my machine is 32-bit XP! If you fellows don’t have a solution to this, I may have to find a different computer.

    Thanks for looking into this for me.

    September 5, 2013 at 9:27 am in reply to: TG and tgFX not talking #4453
    InPhase
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    I’m sorry. I realize now how vague my first post was. I’ll start again.

    I am running XP 32 bit. I have the FTDI drivers installed. From Coolterm I am able to communicate with the board and send files and get motor movement, so I know it works electrically.

    However, tgFX will connect to the com port but it cannot read the firmware data or query the machine settings. I can alter the settings in the drop downs, but I still can’t drive a motor from tgFX. Somewhere between the com port and tgFX is “broken”, but I don’t have the scripting knowledge to even know where to start.

    Any help you can give is appreciated. This board was meant to be a replacement controller from a Mach3-driven parallel board. I am anxious to get back to machining! HELP!!

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