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General Mach Discussion / Re: USB output board instead of printer board

« on: August 06, 2007, 09:48:09 PM »

Daniel,
Man is it ever hard to see all the threads here! I end up having to speed read the threads looking for things that could be bad problems and I do miss them from time to time
So you are thinking about making a device that is USB and a motion controller...  If you are thinking about doing this as a product I would be willing to talk to you over the phone as it is just to much to type We would have a thread that would go about as long as Hood thread about the lathe he may finish some day! (Good thing I like Hood ) This is no small task and we would expect you to write the Lib files so we can hook into the device with your Lib... If you are willing to do that I am willing to do the Mach3 code for you (You don't want to go there on your own! )

So send me a PM and we will talk it over!

Later
Brian

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Galil / Re: Galil & Camsoft, looking to convert to Mach so...........

« on: August 06, 2007, 09:40:31 PM »

Mail me off list and I will send you a better plugin


If you tell me that it works better I will post it on the web... I will be out working on a lathe for the next day but I will send it out as soon as I get back in

Thanks
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Complete circles from nowhere?

« on: August 06, 2007, 09:34:20 PM »

This is a bug in Lcam... I am working on fixing it at this time The problem is the start and end of an Arc section is less then .00001 diff. So when the file is posted the numbers are rounded to be the same as the start point and this will give you circle. So in your Gcode file just delete the circle and the file will run okay. I will be fixing that bug tomorrow night.
Thanks
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Macropump problem?

« on: August 06, 2007, 09:30:50 PM »

You need to have the macro named
macropump.m1s

and for that XML you need to have the file in the Mach3/macros/spRUNG directory. If you do that it will work... Also you need to restart Mach3 to activate OR change the macro pump.

Hope that helps
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G100 a/d d/a

« on: August 06, 2007, 09:23:35 PM »

The G100 uses the GetInput and SetModOutput that modbus uses.. Have a look on the Wiki and there are great examples of how to use them.

Thanks
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Anyone one else having weird problems with Mach, I think it's G41 or G42??

« on: August 06, 2007, 08:54:34 AM »

The newest version of Mach3 should be better for you... it will show the comp toolpath on the screen (it may not be out but it will very soon)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4 axis on the ToolPath screen

« on: August 06, 2007, 08:50:24 AM »

If you have it setup as a slaved axis it will not show the position in the DRO of the 4th axis... Also the 4 was put on the screen because some people will change the 4th axis to be the B rather then the A axis

Hope that helps
Brian

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Tangent Corner / Re: Stumbled on this today thought it was funny

« on: August 04, 2007, 02:32:45 PM »

That is a GREAT one!!!!!!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Macropump problem?

« on: August 04, 2007, 01:17:20 PM »

Post your XML and I will have a look at it

Thanks
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: USB output board instead of printer board

« on: August 04, 2007, 12:48:14 PM »

you need to have an X axis first 

This will plug right in to everything that you are doing... You will need to add an encoder to the spindle but other then that you should be all set!

Later
Brian