PRELIMINARY TESTING THE DTHC MODULE
Further testing requires you have MACH3 installed, the serial cable attached and the
MP3000-DHTC profile and screen set loaded. See the section on Loading DTHC DRIVERS
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If you have an MP3000 with the DTHC already installed, power up the MP3000 and using a
small probe (stiff wire, paperclip, etc push the TEST Button that is recessed behind the front
panel. Press and release one time. The yellow LED should start to flash. If it does not check
the AC cord and plug and try again. If the LED lights and flashes it indicates that the DTHC has
power and the on-board processor is working.
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LOADING DTHC DRIVERS/PLUG-INS
The Following assumes that the auto INSTALL for the MP3000 (MP3000-Install) unit has
been done and the basic profile has been checked and the Basic screens have been tested.
If they have not, refer to the MP3000 User Manual or your Bladeruner AIO manual and perform
those steps. If you are building up a unit (UBOB or UBOB Builders Kit) you need to refer to those
manuals for the base setup. All of the plug-ins will be loaded during the base install but the DTHC
install adds addtional screens, MACH profiles and Icons to use with the DTHC. The
communication drivers need to be configured for DTHC interface. The following steps will take
you through setting up the system to use with the DTHC module.
UPDATE: Any unit shipped after 2/25/2010 has a new auto-installer that puts both the Basic
(router/mill) and the DTHC (plasma) profiles and their related screens and drivers on the PC in
MACH and does NOT need the update install. IF your desktop has both the MP3000-DTHC or
the BladeRunner Dragon-Cut shortcuts then you do not need tho do the DTHC Upgrade install
listed below. All current units being shipped have the updated auto installer. The update for
DTHC procedure is included for users that have an older MP3000, BladeRunner, or UBOB
Builders Kit and are adding a DTHC module for plasma cutting in the Field.
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From the Support CD (or a web download locate the MP3000E-DTHC-UBOBIII_INSTALL file.
Run it in Windows with MACH3 NOT RUNNING. It will place two MP3000-DTHC icons on the
desktop that will Start MACH with the correct profile instead of having to use MACH Loader each
time. It will add and configure the MACH com objects (driver). The MP3000-DTHC profile in MACH
will be added along with the matching screen sets and macros.
After the MP3000-DTHC Install, open MACH3 using either the MP3000-DTHC Icon OR
Bladerunner AIO icon from the matching named profile in the MACH Loader.
If you re-install MACH or upgrade, you may need to run the Install again.
Open MACH using the MP3000-DTHC-UBOBiii or BladeRunner AIO profile (for the product you
have) and select CONFIG PLUGINS from the CONFIG menu in the top row. You will see a list of
plugins that are available At the top of the list are the two CandCNC plug-ins. Each one starts with
“ccc_”
Confirm that they are all ENABLED. If you make any changes make sure you close and restart
MACH.
Click the CONFIG (yellow) text next to the ccc_comm plugin and you will see the screen on the
following page: PAGE 4
