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Mach4 CNC Controller
Software Installation and
Configuration Guide
Version 1.0
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Copyright © 2014 Newfangled Solutions, Artsoft USA, All Rights Reserved
The following are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation: Microsoft, Windows. Any
other trademarks used in this manual are the property of the respective trademark holder.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to CNC Systems.......................................................................................................4
Before You Begin.....................................................................................................................................4
Introduction............................................................................................................................................4
Mach4 Layout.........................................................................................................................................5
Chapter 2 Installing Mach4 Software...........................................................................................................6
Installation..............................................................................................................................................6
Downloading...........................................................................................................................................6
Installing.................................................................................................................................................7
Run the installer.....................................................................................................................................7
Setting up the Profile..............................................................................................................................7
Create Shortcut to Profile.......................................................................................................................9
Chapter 3 Setting up the software...............................................................................................................9
Step by step setting up of the machine..................................................................................................9
Plugins and their function....................................................................................................................10
Adding and removing Plugins...............................................................................................................10
Configuring Plugins..............................................................................................................................11
Select Motion device............................................................................................................................11
Other Plugins........................................................................................................................................12
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Chapter 4 Machine Settings.......................................................................................................................12
Default Modal State..............................................................................................................................12
Motor Tuning........................................................................................................................................14
Counts Per Unit.....................................................................................................................................15
Velocity.................................................................................................................................................16
Acceleration..........................................................................................................................................17
Backlash................................................................................................................................................17
Reverse.................................................................................................................................................17
Enable Delay.........................................................................................................................................17
Axis Mapping........................................................................................................................................18
Homing and Limits................................................................................................................................18
Home Direction.....................................................................................................................................18
Home Order..........................................................................................................................................19
Home Offset.........................................................................................................................................19
Home Speed.........................................................................................................................................19
Home In Place.......................................................................................................................................20
Soft Enable............................................................................................................................................20
Soft Max / Soft Min...............................................................................................................................20
Signals in General.................................................................................................................................20
Input Signals.........................................................................................................................................23
Output Signals......................................................................................................................................24
Spindle..................................................................................................................................................26
Max Motor RPM...................................................................................................................................26
Motor as Spindle
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Tool Path Settings.................................................................................................................................27
Machine Limits.....................................................................................................................................27
Chapter 1 Introduction to CNC Systems
This chapter introduces you to terminology used in the rest of this manual and explains the purpose
of the different components in a computer numerically controlled (CNC) system. CNC machines are in
many industries and becoming more popular in manufacturing lines. The traditional machine types are
Mills, Routers, Lathes and Plasma cutters. The non traditional things that can be done with a CNC system
can be but not limited it laser measurement, pick and place, quilting, assembly, laser cutting, rapid
prototype, painting and so on. Because of the popularity of CNC's in non traditional CNC industries
Mach4 has been made to be extremely configurable and expandable. The ability to add and remove
modules will be covered in this manual but the screen and scripting customization will be covered in
there respective manuals.
Before You Begin....
Any machine tool is potentially dangerous. Computer controlled machines are potentially more
dangerous than manual ones because, for example, a computer is quite prepared to rotate an 8"
unbalanced cast iron four-jaw chuck at 3000 rpm, to plunge a panel-fielding router cutter deep into a
piece of oak, or to mill away the clamps holding your work to the table. Because we do not know the
details of your machine or local conditions we can accept no responsibility for the performance of any
machine or any damage or injury caused by its use. It is your responsibility to ensure that you
understand the implications of what you design and build and to comply with any legislation and codes
of practice applicable to your country or state. If you are in any doubt, be sure to seek guidance from a
professionally qualified expert rather than risk injury to yourself or to others.
Introduction
This document tells how to install and setup Mach4 motion control software. The foundation of
Mach4 is the core called Mach4Core, Mach4Core can be setup in many configurations for the following
machine configurations general automation, Mill, Router, Lathe, Plasma, Pick and Place, etc... A separate
documents explain how to operate Mach4 with the specific machine types. The user interface has no
relation to the core or motion and/or IO devices used.
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YOU WILL NEED TO READ THIS DOCUMENTATION!
Mach4 is a very complex software package that
cannot be simply made "to work" without proper configuration. The install and play with the settings
approach may work for other software packages but this is not the case with Mach4. The time spent
reading the manual will save many hours of aggravation and will result in a better running machine. This
manual will give the steps in a logical order that must be followed.
Mach4 Layout
Mach4 is built on a central core called Mach4Core.dll and is what connects all the parts of Mach4
together. The following diagram (see Drawing 1) shows how all the components are connected:
Mach4Core.dll
3rd Party plugin
Sim.dll
Motion Simulation
plugin
mcRegFile.dll
Registers in Mach4
mcKeyboard.dll
Keyboard Input
mcModbus.dll
Modbus Master
mcLua.dll
Lua Scripting
Drawing 1: Mach4Layout
All IO, Motion and addon devices are plugins allowing them to be setup and configured in Mach4. The
plugins supplied by Newfangled Solutions in the installer are added as appendixes to the end of this
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