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General Mach Discussion / uc400eth question

« on: August 30, 2018, 06:17:35 PM »

thinking about getting a uc400eth  when i update my drivers and power supply.
running mach3 .62
how is the backlash control handled ?
is it a combined mix of code and backlash like smoothstepper on direction change.
or does it handle the backlash first with each direction change then run the code.




bill

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General Mach Discussion / changelog update

« on: January 29, 2011, 02:58:14 PM »

any r3.043.022 lock down change log info.was the work done for mill - code - lathe - plug ins.
maybe a list of what they were trying to clean up.

bill

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LazyCam (Beta) / Hey Rich

« on: January 02, 2011, 02:38:36 PM »

Rich

I have been playing playing with win 7-64.it is my new office machine.trying to migrate some of my 32 bit cad and design programs over to it .so
far so good with a lot of them.also put a copy of mach and lcam, the latest lockdown.they both seem to work ok with 7-64.the only problem
that i seem to have with lcam,is when i have a tap file opened in mach3 it wont load into lcam. lcam imports dxf and lcam files ok with win7-64 but not pull in the tap file that is loaded in mach.do you have any thoughts on this .

thanks bill

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General Mach Discussion / bumped into this today

« on: October 28, 2009, 04:23:34 PM »

this is a code snippet that i have been using a few years .did a upgrade to ver 3.042.029  5 weeks ago,but have not run this code until today.
the G2 move in this code is used 12 times during the course of the program.when using ver 3.042.029 it will start this G2 move then half way
through it, turn it into a G3.so it starts as G2 then finish as a G3. this happens at all 12 of the G2 moves. did a edit on the code and divded
the arch into two parts and it ran ok.

original snippet
g01 x-.0625 y.1295 a60 f10.5
g02 x-.0625 y-.1295 r.1295
g01 x-7.9375 y0 a120

modified snippet
g01 x-.0625 y.1295 a60 f10.5
g02 x.0625 y0 r.1295
g02 x-.0625 y-.1295 r.1295
g01 x-7.9375 y0 a120

thanks bill

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General Mach Discussion / release canidate ver .028

« on: July 18, 2009, 01:36:20 AM »

 what was the change from ver .027

bill

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General Mach Discussion / M5 question

« on: March 02, 2009, 01:04:52 AM »

Hey guys

this is a question not a problem.running mach ver 3.042.020 on the mill. got ver 3.043 in the office. in both ver when i run a program that executes  a M5 command in the middle of the code the clock display stops.this does not affect
the program it runs to the end.

bill
 

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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / how about doing this

« on: December 03, 2008, 01:54:53 PM »

Hi,Brian

would you consider posting your to do list,and their priority ratings.just keep us posted as to what you are firing at the hardest.mach3 under mach3,lcam under lcam,lturn under lturn.
we get to see the post for what you have allready accomplished,but post a little future.thanks and keep grinding.

bill

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General Mach Discussion / 4th axis ghost move

« on: November 11, 2008, 12:56:30 PM »

using mach3 ver 2.02 and ver 3.042.016  -- using no CV and no backlash!
below a code snippet. -- mach3 adds a move between the lines of code before execution.

g00 x-1.9375 y0 a0
g01 z-.100 f5
         (then Aaxis makes a move 0.050)
g01 x-.0625 y.125 a90 f7.0
g02 x-.0625 y-.125 r.125
          ( then A makes a move 90.2167)
g01 x-1.9375 y0 a180
          ( then A makes a move 180.050)
g01 x-.0625 y.125 a270
g02 x-.0625 y-.125 r.125
          ( then A makes a move 270.2167)
g01 x-1.9375 y0 a360

the Axis is suppose to move from 0 to 90 not 0 to 0.050 then to 90 .
it is adding a extra move before it executes a line of code that includes the 4th axis

bill

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LazyCam (Beta) / I ran into this

« on: April 05, 2008, 09:52:00 PM »

hey CHIP
         pass this on to the bug sniffers if you can.-----today doing some inlays and after many hours and differant programs i ran into this one. attached are two TAP files ,they are named GOOD & BAD.
         running the BAD file --when the program is finishing up the Z lifts and the rapids tell it to go to X0,Y0 ---- then as it travels ,the path takes it over a machined hole. when the rapid move crosses the
         hole the X axis goes nuts and losses steps. I took the same program and added a line of code -- third from the bottom --- to move the rapids around the hole, this is the GOOD program. i cut 20
         parts and the X stayed stable. after i was finished, just to make a test ,took the line of code out ,ran a part ,X went nuts.

thanks bill
         

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General Mach Discussion / NOT MUCH TIME

« on: January 01, 2008, 12:00:31 AM »

       
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