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General Mach Discussion / Re: MK-IV Mach3 motion card setup

« on: April 27, 2018, 01:25:33 AM »

do you have this: https://256.makerslocal.org/wiki/images/3/38/MACH3-USBCARD-MK-Instructions.pdf
Manual ?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 with ess surging issue

« on: April 25, 2018, 04:49:50 PM »

we are very sorry, that our Magic glas ball can not see the line 758 of your code.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 tool change problem.

« on: April 24, 2018, 04:13:16 PM »

first Change your M6End code to:

REM The default script here moves the tool back to m6start if any movement has occured during the tool change..

REM x = GetToolChangeStart( 0 )
REM y = GetToolChangeStart( 1 )
REM z = GetToolChangeStart( 2 )
REM a = GetToolChangeStart( 3 )
REM b = GetToolChangeStart( 4 )
REM c = GetToolChangeStart( 5 )
REM if(IsSafeZ() = 1) Then
REM    SafeZ = GetSafeZ()
REM    if  SafeZ  > z then StraightTraverse x, y,SafeZ, a, b, c
REM       StraightFeed  x, y,  z  , a, b, c
REM else
REM Code"G00 X" & x & "Y" & y
REM end if


normaly you set your G54 Z Zero to the top of your workpiece, and work then with neative Z values to do the Job.

in the M6Start macro you can add code to get the Z axis to a Position where you can do your tool Change.

in M6End is only code needed if your cam does not bring back the Z-axis to a Position where it is needed after toolchange,
but your example G.code does this, so only one part of Software should o this (G-code or M6End macro), never both of them.



 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 tool change problem.

« on: April 24, 2018, 01:42:05 AM »

for a first test have a look to your M6End macro, in Folder C:\Mach3\Macros\Your Profile Name.
try to comment the code out by using Rem at the start of each line.

anyway your code is sendig the z axis to 1.5814 after every toolchange.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: trigonometry center

« on: April 23, 2018, 09:50:02 AM »

the macro does not swap axis, it is Rotation the X/Y plane,
so if you do a jog in X (on Keyboard) then will both axis move-

anyway the macros's are not for trigonometry Center probe, they are for probing a twisted part.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: XHC-MK6-ET Ethernet Motion Card with MPG using LPT port

« on: April 23, 2018, 05:20:25 AM »

maybe you can use two spare Inputs on the Controller for MPG A/B and do the selection
via Screen Buttons ?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Missing codes in auto tool changer

« on: April 23, 2018, 04:35:42 AM »

the machine will only do what in M6Start and/or M6End macro is coded.
as Long you don't Show us your code, we can only look in our magic glass ball

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: macro tube center modification

« on: April 22, 2018, 04:39:08 AM »

SetOEMDro(1152,measuredY + GetOEMDro(1000))

somewhere after measuredY  is calculated

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Modifing Operator Editable Button Macros

« on: April 21, 2018, 08:47:17 AM »

put the code in VB Scripter Window step through a see where it Fails.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Modifing Operator Editable Button Macros

« on: April 21, 2018, 01:43:05 AM »

here your modified code, pls test carefully because i have not tested it.
it is just minimal code without any checks like , probe allready grounded when start, or no probe was hit.

Code:
'probe z surface macro
Sub Main()
   FeedCurrent = GetOemDRO(818)   'Get the current settings, OEM DROs (818)=Feedrate DRO
   ZCurrent = GetOemDro(802)      'OEM DROs (802)=Z DRO
   GageH = GetOEMDRO(1001)         'OEMDRO(1001)=Gage Block Height
   ZNew = -300                  'probe down 300 mm

   Code "G90F200"      'slow feed rate to 200 MM/MIN
   Sleep(200)         
   Code "G31 Z" &ZNew      'probe Z- 300 mm
   While IsMoving()
      Sleep(10)
   Wend
   ZTouch = GetVar(2002)
   'Go back to point where probe was hit
   code "G0 Z" &ZTouch
   While IsMoving()
      Sleep(10)
   Wend
   
   'set new z height
   Call SetDro (2,GageH)   'DRO(2)=Z DRO

   FinalMove = GageH + 10
   Code  "G0 Z" &FinalMove
   'return old feedrate
   Code "F" &FeedCurrent   'restore starting feed rate   

End Sub