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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach 4 macro for setting current fixture offset to zero?

« on: April 30, 2018, 10:45:13 AM »

I'm making a macro for probing the work piece. I put a probe block on the work piece or table top, and lowers the spindle until getting contact with the block. When contact I want to set the current fixture offset to zero. However I cannot find a way to read out which is the current active offset, and write to this same offsets Z-position.

This could be the same functionality that is in the Zero z button on mach4 mill screen, but I don't fin what is behind that button. Any Ideas on which pound variables to write to or other ways to solve it?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 Reference axes with shared limit and home switch

« on: August 05, 2017, 07:00:58 AM »

Running mach4 3390 on wx4 screen. When I click the Reference All Axes button the homing cycle starts, but is interrupted by the limit switch being triggered. Is there a way to tell Mach4 to disable the limit switch inputs while homing? I use the same switches for homing and limits, and this setup worked perfectly on the version 2803 which I had before I upgraded. Any ideas on how to solve this?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 de-referencing all axis when loading gcode

« on: February 23, 2017, 07:08:22 PM »

SOLVED: Looks like loading a g-code is considered a reset. There is a setting in the CSMIO plugin, "Set Axes to "0" on RESET", just uncheck it and problem is solved.

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CS-Lab / CSMIO-IP/S or CSMIO-IP/A for a servo controlled router

« on: February 23, 2017, 06:48:58 PM »

I am planning to rebuild an old MultiCAM router to servo control. Now I start to realize that servo control is more than servo control. At least I have decided I want to use Mach 4 and a controller from CSMIO. But which should I use; the analog IP/A or the step/dir controller IP/S? Has any of you experience with setting up one of these with servo drives and can give me some recommendations? What will the drawback of a step/dir servo system be?

Which is the most affordable option, step/dir or analog control? Should I choose AC or DC servo? These are just a few of my questions. But anything that can point me in a direction is welcome.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 de-referencing all axis when loading gcode

« on: January 12, 2017, 03:50:50 AM »

Using Mach4 version 4.2.0.2803 with CSMIO IP-M controller. CS-labs are releasing a new plugin in a few weeks, letting me use a newer version of Mach - so hopefully it will work then..

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 de-referencing all axis when loading gcode

« on: January 07, 2017, 01:28:47 PM »

I am experiencing the same issue. Did you find a way to fix it?