A problem writing macros

drbricolage

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« on: October 20, 2011, 10:09:38 AM »

I am trying to convert my mill with Mach3 and I've run into a bit of a problem. I want to toggle an output bit to control a solenoid to lock my Z axis. I wrote two macros ( M64 and M65) as follows:
M64
ActivateSignal(output4)
and M65
DeactivateSignal(output4)
I set up the output to connect to the right pin and put these in my profile macro folder as M64.mls and M65.mls. I can't see that there is anything else to do but when I try these under MSI nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? I would be very grateful for some help.


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Re: A problem writing macros

« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2011, 10:22:17 AM »

Try .m1s for the extension.
Also, I think you shold use macros over 100 as many below are used internally. (from memory, which is weak).


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Re: A problem writing macros

« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2011, 10:30:22 AM »

Fantastic, it works! I just couldn't see where I was going wrong. Many many thanks.


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Re: A problem writing macros

« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2011, 10:33:04 AM »

Also worth mentioning you should really be using M101 and higher for custom M codes, under 100 are meant to be reserved for Mach internally.
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