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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help a newbie

« on: October 11, 2020, 04:40:37 AM »

first off all, you have to tell us how you start the homing.

by pressing Ref All Home button?

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Mach3 macropump for spindlemotor

« on: October 10, 2020, 02:56:20 AM »

so if you are able to set PWM Output to OEMDRO(1200) code for macropump would be:

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If GetOEMDRO(817) <= 8000 then
   SetOEMDro(1200,0)
Else
   SetOEMDro(1200,GetOEMDro(817)-8000)
End If


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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting a Handle on Tool Height

« on: October 10, 2020, 02:50:38 AM »

ok i try to explai, how i do it.

you have your XYZ probe and the tool setter. and you have to have a referenced machine.
your XYZ probe is the master tool, let's say tool99.
put a fixed toollength of 100mm in tooltable for tool99.

-now you do a probing with the XYZ probe at the tool setter.
-after probing your read the machine coord for Z-axis and store it in a OEMDRO (for example 150mm)
-anounce tool99 to System by G43H99
-now you can do a z probing of workpice surface with XYZ probe and Zero z for G54

-now insert next tool in this example tool1 and do a probe at tool setter
-let's say tool1 probes at machine coord for Z-axis 140mm

now you know tool1 is 10mm shorter than mastertool99.
fixed toollength of mastertool is 100mm so toollenght for tool1 is 90mm.
now, if toollenght for tool1 (90mm) is entered in tooltable, and toollenght is set
via G43H1 Mach will compensate this.


all this can be done within a macro.

hope i was able to explain the difference between Auto Tool Zero and Tool Lenght Compensation.

804

General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting a Handle on Tool Height

« on: October 09, 2020, 03:30:59 PM »

it was a Little hard to follow your code, but where are you saving the result of the actual tool hiegt Back to tooltable?

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Mach3 macropump for spindlemotor

« on: October 09, 2020, 03:22:52 PM »

that is all clear, the entire question is, is it possible to map the analog Output to a "free" "custom" DRO, witch can be manipulated?

806

VB and the development of wizards / Re: Mach3 macropump for spindlemotor

« on: October 09, 2020, 06:23:30 AM »

i have no Experience with Pokeys.
is there a possibilty to map the PWM Signal to a DRO in the plugin Setup.
could not find a good Manual about pwm Setup in the plugin.

807

General Mach Discussion / Re: DIY CNC with ClearPath Servos

« on: October 09, 2020, 03:03:18 AM »

If i understand you correctly i wil connect:

3 Input A+ to ZD+
7 Input A- to ZD-
2 Input B+ to ZS+
6 Input B- to ZS-

that is correct

"you will Need to wire Enable+/Enable- do a normal Output"

for example:
Enable+ to 24V on MB3 board
Enable- to Y301 on MB3 board

then go to Config -> Ports&Pins -> Output Signals

line Enable1    activate Enabled , Port ->3 , Pin -> 1

808

VB and the development of wizards / Re: Buttons to turn on LED's

« on: October 08, 2020, 03:46:53 AM »

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SetUserLED (1300, 1)
For i = 1301 To 1400
SetUserLED (i, 0)
Next i

https://www.machsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mach3_V3.x_Macro_Prog_Ref.pdf
http://www.machsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/VBScript_Commands.pdf

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General Mach Discussion / Re: DIY CNC with ClearPath Servos

« on: October 08, 2020, 03:39:30 AM »

in the Clearpath documentation i found the pinout of the connector is:

4 enable+
8 enable-

3 Input A+
7 Input A-

2 Input B+
6 Input B-

1 HLFB (Output)+
5 HLFB (Output)-

you will Need to wire Enable+/Enable- do a normal Output

Input A+/Input A- is the Direction signal

Input B+/Input B- is the Pulse signal

HLFB (Output)+/HLFB (Output)- is not needed, only for indexed homing.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Copycat plugin to "teach" more than 3 axis possible ?

« on: October 08, 2020, 02:48:04 AM »

as Graham said, use a screeneditor like Machscreen, open the Copycat screenset (C:\mach3\addons\copycat\copycat.set)
and edit the code of the button's where cou need 5 axis.