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General Mach Discussion / Re: xbox controller

« Last post by Charlie_M on May 31, 2026, 04:31:03 AM »

OK So reading through the shilling manual, you can call macros with button presses.
Make a Macro to turn on/off your spindle  and call it with a button. It all in section 4.6.1.

Hope this helps.
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: xbox controller

« Last post by Doily on May 30, 2026, 10:25:46 AM »

MSI Force GC30V2 got it from amazon. Has a bunch of buttons I would like to assign task. But program does not allow.  Xbox schilling does not have options to program any more to add . works great he triggers that are noton schilling thanks for the help

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MachPro General Discussion / Vista CNC usb Control Pendat

« Last post by Wallerawang on May 30, 2026, 03:40:12 AM »

Hello

Would anyone know if I can use my VistaCNC control pendant in MachPro before I upgrade please?

Thanks

Steve

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MachPro General Discussion / Pokeys Control Panel

« Last post by Wallerawang on May 30, 2026, 03:37:24 AM »

Hello

Would anyone know if I can use my Pokeys control panel (various buttons, MPG and override sliders) in MachPro?

Thanks

Steve

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General Mach Discussion / Re: xbox controller

« Last post by Charlie_M on May 28, 2026, 05:06:57 AM »

What plugin are you using?

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MachPro General Discussion / Re: RC ATC Dustboot

« Last post by cd_edwards on May 27, 2026, 11:40:10 AM »

I get no messages. I renamed the UserMCodeModuleDefault.mcs to UserMCodeModule.mcs  added your two functions on a clean install of MachPro and made sure I had Open-Close set. As far as I can tell, it never attempts to run those two functions.

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MachPro General Discussion / Re: RC ATC Dustboot

« Last post by paul.stephens on May 26, 2026, 11:57:04 AM »

Run the following script, let me know if you have any Message Boxes come up. On Local testing, I have no issues with this.

Make sure that your "Tool Changer Dust Cover Behavior" is set to a value of "Open-Close" While running a Tool Changer. I had my Tool Changer set to manual for this test. --- Be careful that you're not just modifying the "Tool Setter Dust Cover Behavior" setting.

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function UserMCodeModule.TC_PreOpenDustCover()
wx.wxMessageBox("Pre Open Dust Cover")
return nil, true, w.FunctionCompleted()
end
function UserMCodeModule.TC_PreCloseDustCover()
wx.wxMessageBox("Pre Close Dust Cover")
return nil, true, w.FunctionCompleted()
end


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MachPro General Discussion / Re: RC ATC Dustboot

« Last post by cd_edwards on May 25, 2026, 09:20:24 AM »

I spent the weekend attempting to get this working in my UserMCodeModule.mcs   it doesn't seem to matter what I set the tool dust cover settings to, this code will not run via invoking M6. It will run with M112/M113

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function UserMCodeModule.TC_PreOpenDustCover()
------------------ Add user code below this line ------------------
-- Two persistant registers are needed. One tracks location of the dust boot (docked/undocked), the other set's an ignore flag.

local inst = mc.mcGetInstance()
local DustBootX = 45.79
local DustBootY = 36.4
local DustBootZ = -4.443
local DustBootRateY = 75
local DustBootRateZ = 100
local DustBootYSlide = 5
local DustBootSafeZ = -0.1


local hreg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst,"iRegs0/DustBoot/ignoreDustBoot")
local ignore = mc.mcRegGetValue(hreg)
local hreg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst,"iRegs0/DustBoot/DustBootStatus")
local val = mc.mcRegGetValue(hreg)

if (ignore == 1) then
mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Dust boot ignore")
do return nil, false, w.FunctionCompleted()end
end

if val == 0 then
mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Dust boot already dropped")
return nil, true, w.FunctionCompleted()
end
-- =========================================================== drop dust boot =============================================================================

GCode = string.format("G00 G90 G53 Z%.4f\n", DustBootSafeZ) ------ Z Up
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)

GCode =  string.format("G00 G90 G53 X%.4f Y%.4f\n", DustBootX, DustBootY) ------ TO DUSTSHOE ENTRY Y
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)

-- We need to make sure that we don't wipe out the dust boot dock when moving both x/y
GCode =  string.format("G00 G90 G53 Z%.4f\n", DustBootZ) ------ TO DUSTSHOE ENTRY
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)

GCode = string.format("G0 G90 G53 Y%.4f F%.4f\n", DustBootY - DustBootYSlide,DustBootRateY) ------ MOVE Y INTO DUSTSHOE HOLDER
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)

GCode = string.format("G00 G90 G53 Z%.4f\n", DustBootSafeZ) ------ PICK UP Z --- DROP SHOE IN HOLDER --
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)

GCode =  string.format("G00 G90 G53 Y%.4f \n", DustBootY) ------ MOVE TO SAFE Y
-- mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)
mc.mcRegSetValue(hreg, 0)
return nil, true, w.FunctionCompleted()

end

function UserMCodeModule.TC_PreCloseDustCover()
------------------ Add user code below this line ------------------

local inst = mc.mcGetInstance()

local DustBootX = 45.79
local DustBootY = 36.4
local DustBootZ = -4.3513
local DustBootRateY = 100
local DustBootRateZ = 50
local DustBootYSlide = 5
local DustBootSafeZ = -0.1

local hreg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst,"iRegs0/DustBoot/ignoreDustBoot")
local ignore = mc.mcRegGetValue(hreg)
local hreg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst,"iRegs0/DustBoot/DustBootStatus")
local val = mc.mcRegGetValue(hreg)

if (ignore == 1) then
mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Dust boot ignore")
do return nil, false, w.FunctionCompleted()end
end
--  ============================================================ PICKUP DUST SHOE ==========================================================================
local toolnum, rc = mc.mcToolGetCurrent(inst)
    if (toolnum == 0 or rc ~= 0 or val == 1) then
mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Dust boot already picked up")
do return nil, false, w.FunctionCompleted()end
end

GCode = string.format("G00 G90 G53 Z%.4f\n", DustBootSafeZ) ------ Z UP
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode) ------ Z UP

GCode =  string.format("G00 G90 G53 X%.4f Y%.4f\n", DustBootX, DustBootY-DustBootYSlide) ------ To DustShoe Entry X
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)

GCode = string.format("G00 G90 G53 Z%.4f\n", DustBootZ+0.75) ------ G00 Quick down to 20mm above DustShoe Pick Up
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)

GCode = string.format("G00 G90 G53 Z%.4f F%.4f\n", DustBootZ,DustBootRateZ/2) ------ DustShoe Pick Up
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)

GCode = string.format("G00 G90 G53 Y%.4f F%.4f\n", DustBootY,DustBootRateY) ------ DustShoe SlideOutY
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)

GCode = string.format("G00 G90 G53 Z%.4f\n", DustBootSafeZ) ------ PICK UP Z --- DROP SHOE IN HOLDER --
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait(inst, GCode)
mc.mcRegSetValue(hreg, 1)

------------------ Don't Edit below this line -----------------------

return nil, true, w.FunctionCompleted()
end


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Probes and Tool Setters / Re: MachPro Probing Wizard

« Last post by cd_edwards on May 24, 2026, 04:26:08 PM »

better version based off the original.

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Probes and Tool Setters / Re: MachPro Probing Wizard

« Last post by cd_edwards on May 24, 2026, 11:35:07 AM »

Thanks to Claude, here is a modified mcTouchOff.lua files which a Z height for each probe. I have 3 that I use. 3d probe (has to be G31 as BLUM only works on G31), XYZ touch plate with centering hole. And a wireless setter.

Use at your own risk but it seems to work as advertised.