# Hooking up arc droid to hypertherm 45 questions

**URL:** <https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/hooking-up-arc-droid-to-hypertherm-45-questions/905>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 14, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/hooking-up-arc-droid-to-hypertherm-45-questions/905 "2023-01-14T17:29:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ron21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ron21](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Ron21)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/hooking-up-arc-droid-to-hypertherm-45-questions/905/1 "2023-01-14T17:29:41Z")

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Hello I’m trying to get my arc droid running I have powermax 45 xp with a cnc port and the cable I hooked it up to the best of my knowledge it seems straight forward… but when I run my file the torch doesn’t fire! Any help would be greatly an appreciated i really wana get this thing running!

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**Author:** ![Cmsmoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Cmsmoke](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Cmsmoke)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/hooking-up-arc-droid-to-hypertherm-45-questions/905/2 "2023-01-14T19:25:13Z")

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Did you make the start switch bypass? If not look several posts down. The is a good discussion about it. It’s called Powermax 45 hook up

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**Author:** ![Ron21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ron21](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Ron21)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/hooking-up-arc-droid-to-hypertherm-45-questions/905/3 "2023-01-14T20:57:35Z")

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Oh great thanks for the info building a by pass now.