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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 13, 2018, 04:50:39 PM »

Interesting.
I write my own g-code programs (out of my head) and use the following format:
f100 s2000
m3
As far as I can remember, this has never given the Scripter Compile error.

But playing around with the g84 command seems a bit risky as it is greyed out in the manual, meaning it never got passed Art's checking (or Brian's?). Obviously there was a bug in it they could not find. My spindle can't do tapping anyhow (DC servo, not suited to those speeds) so I thread mill instead. Yeah, slower.

On the other hand, if I launch Mach3 .062 and go straight into a program, the first Spin parameter can be missed, with the spindle going to max speed. If I spin the spindle up just once by hand first, all is well for the rest of the day. There is a funny in there somewhere. (Just one???)

Cheers
Roger

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 13, 2018, 04:37:24 AM »

At what stage does the CS-Labs controller become a serious limit to what you can do?

Cheers
Roger

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 12, 2018, 09:18:58 PM »

Um. That kills .022 for me!

Cheers
Roger

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 12, 2018, 06:20:59 PM »

It seems saving them as .mcc is a fix but it only passes the failure on to the next .m1s macro.

Really???
That does NOT sound like a macro problem to me. That sounds like a bug in Mach3 or possibly in the XML file.
Since Mach3 normally runs OK, I would think about the XML file. We do know it can get corrupted.

Yes, I have seen that error msg a few times, but I think it was usually due to a bug in a new macro I was developing. I was normally able to get rid of it by tidying up the macro code.

Cheers
Roger

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 12, 2018, 04:54:42 PM »

Sigh. I Know.
It sometimes seems that those macros can get corrupted. Dunno how. Does Mach3 rewrite them? Dunno.

I would reboot the PC, restart Mach3, and then explore the M6End macro with the VB Script Editor. Costs nothing to do this, and might be productive.

Cheers
Roger

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 12, 2018, 04:39:34 PM »

The error message this time was "scripter compile error in M6End.m1s" - this is why no TLC as that is in my M6End macro.

You do know that if you bring up the Operator/VB Script Editor you can run the M6End macro from there, and it will (normally) stop at the problem line?

Cheers
Roger

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General Mach Discussion / Re: X Y axis move togehter with Arrows key

« on: March 01, 2018, 04:11:47 PM »

Hi Klaus

I am not sure what I should be looking for, or what settings I should be changing. I fiddled around a bit with enabling/disabling the ports on my desk PC but the correct DROs still changed as expected with the arrow keys.
Ah - I do not have a pendant on my desk machine. But the pendant I use on the actual machine works fine.

What am I missing? Suggestions?

Cheers
Roger

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 turn

« on: March 01, 2018, 03:41:55 PM »

I have never regretted upgrading my system to the best I can manage. One of the advantages has been reliability: I can routinely make things I could not make by hand. Another less obvious benefit has been the lack of extreme frustration when things don't work. Older versions (older than .062) and USB devices did not give me that, and I was never too sure where the problem lay.

My 2c: it's meant to be fun, so I set it up so it IS fun.

Cheers
Roger

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General Mach Discussion / Re: X Y axis move togehter with Arrows key

« on: March 01, 2018, 03:36:26 PM »

Bugs maybe in the version OP is using?

Cheers
Roger

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General Mach Discussion / Re: X Y axis move togehter with Arrows key

« on: March 01, 2018, 06:15:50 AM »

Does that explain why X & Y were moving together though?

Strange stuff ...

Cheers
Roger