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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z axis on/off

« on: July 14, 2006, 10:04:53 PM »

Here it is


http://www.machsupport.com/MachCustomizeWiki/index.php?title=Axis_DROs_and_other_info._on_ModIO_LCD

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Setting up inputs

« on: July 14, 2006, 01:37:22 PM »

set the input to be a limit switch so you can see the state on the diagnostics page. Now toggle the input and see if you can see the state change on the diagnostics page. IF the state is not changing there is something wrong in the wiring. If the LED is changing we can start testing some software

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Craxy X Axis

« on: July 13, 2006, 09:03:42 PM »

If you have a vary small amount of steps per unit, 700 for this example. The smallest amount that the machine can move is .001429 inches. So if you tell Mach 3 to jog.002 it will move to .001429, I know this is not looking good but it is better then going to .002857 witch it the next increment that we have (.001429*2). The only way to fix this is to put on higher resolution encoders or add a reduction to the drive.


Hope that helps
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Compatability with Anilam

« on: July 13, 2006, 08:25:36 PM »

Mach3 will only talk over modbus.. So if you can get the settings and it is Modbus it should work

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Milling arcs and circles on a cylinder

« on: July 13, 2006, 08:22:08 PM »

Change the ports and pins settings ...

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: lazycam

« on: July 13, 2006, 08:20:36 PM »

Just uploaded it...

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: lazycam

« on: July 13, 2006, 01:56:40 PM »

Darn I knew there was somthing that I didn't do... I think it is time to start a new list 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Configuring mach

« on: July 13, 2006, 01:54:15 PM »

Hood thank you again You are doing a great job with this one!

The Box may be good but the XML was no good Now that you have the screen shot of the Mach2 settings I think we can get you up an running. Try the stuff that Hood has shown you and you should see the motors turning !

Could you please post the place that you got the box from? I would like to see what they have for docs.

Thank you
Brian

PS. I never get sick of helping people because in the end 99.9% are VERY happy!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Compatability with Anilam

« on: July 13, 2006, 01:45:49 PM »

You will have to change out the PLC because there are no doc's on how to talk with it The DL06 is only about 200.00 and you can buy a new one if you ever have a problem! You should be able to keep the encoders on the motors and there is no problem running a stepper on one axis and servos on the others. If you need help with the PLC I can program one and ship it to you.

Hope that Helps
Brian

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Has Mach got user timers

« on: July 13, 2006, 01:40:52 PM »

There are timers built into MAch3 I didn't know about them till the other day 

I think there is a bug in reading the Elapsed time... I will look into it