I read an old thread here which described using 1034 and/or 301 calls but as with the posters in that thread, I cannot get this to work. I followed the  examples exactly with no success,
so I assume it is broken.

Mach ver .66 or .67 does not run the trigger macro using 1034 call nor can I do the OEM Trigger method described.
What does work is setting the trigger macro and running doOEMbutton301 from VB script. This runs the trigger script, but this choice is not on the list of EOM button choices in the Brain editor.

Using a macropump got the task working, but would prefer to trigger a macro from the Brain (initiated via Modbus register).

I'm hoping the methods described in the old thread have been superseded by something new. Can anyone provide a current, functional way tom accomplish this task?
 

Hi !
just type 301 in the field.
is working here.
Alex

Thanks Alex,

I'll give that a try. Not sure if I did exactly that or not.

Pretty quiet over here in Brain Town . . . .

It would be NICE IF the brains were fixed to trigger a button from a HOTKEY call like in a screen button.

Create a button with the script then assign a keyboard hotkey. Then have the brain issue the hotkey sequence.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

I notice 2 things odd about this method and wonder if anyone can confirm this behavior, please.

1) Estop seems to suspend all macros with the exception on the macro pump

2) Using the 301 button as a terminator in a brain only works with nop. If inverted, no dice.

I am trying to use an ESTOP event (captured by the brain) to run a macro to turn off the 4th axis spindle and if the above are ture, it would explain why I had no success.

Hi, just thought...

brain -> set user led
macropump: if user led set then do custom script;

or

brain -> do button
button on click: do custom script

or

brain -> do button
button on click: set flag
macropump: if flag set then do custom script
customscript: reset flag

sorry if that was obvious, or proven not to work...
Mihael

1) Estop seems to suspend all macros with the exception on the macro pump

same behavior here.

2) Using the 301 button as a terminator in a brain only works with nop. If inverted, no dice.

is working here in ver .062  ==>  Uled > invert > 301
Alex

is working here in ver .062  ==>  Uled > invert > 301

Thanks for the Info. Starting with a source like Uled, on my development system (64 bit Win7 pro) invert will work sometimes and sometimes not. Pretty random with no obvious cause. I do not know if the behavior is the same on 32 bit.

In any case, my application is to use ESTOP (OEMled800), and with this source, it does not work inverted at all and with nop the macro does not run until Estop is released (reset).  The macro seems to get 'qued up', but does not execute until reset, so it is not useable in my application because I want the action to take place ON estop, not after.

Using a macro pump seems to be working fine, but the concern there is that a customer may already have one running. Can more than one Macropump run simultaneously?

Hi Simpson36,
If the customer has a Macropump running, include your pump in there file. I have done it successfully on my machine with several totally unrelated things.


Alan