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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool change Problem.

« on: May 14, 2020, 09:19:49 AM »

What was the issue?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool change Problem.

« on: May 13, 2020, 11:15:52 AM »

I could be very wrong but I think you need to change the selectedtool below to currenttool.



local NewOffset = probedz
  mc.mcToolSetData(inst, mc.MTOOL_MILL_HEIGHT, selectedtool, NewOffset)
  mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, string.format("Auto tool setting complete, Offset = %.4f", NewOffset))
wx.wxMessageBox("Toolchange Complete.\nTLO Set")
        end

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool change Problem.

« on: May 13, 2020, 09:00:01 AM »

If you did not set the offset for  T3, T4 etc then they will be wrong.
Mach has no way to know that it is the same tool as T2.
You must set for each tool.

Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: pInst and pcall

« on: May 13, 2020, 08:31:16 AM »

Steve,

Thanks for the information.

Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Switching from Mach 3 to 4 - How Do You Change Motor Tuning Time

« on: May 12, 2020, 02:57:50 PM »

It is not wrong.
The time shown to accelerate and decelerate is right there.
The time at constant speed is irrelevant.

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Mach4 General Discussion / pInst and pcall

« on: May 12, 2020, 01:53:52 PM »

I am looking through some scripts that others have written to see what I can steal or modify.
I came across a script that uses pInst and pcall.
What is the p for?
I understand and have used Inst and call but do not know what they do if p is added.
Hope this is clear enough.

Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Switching from Mach 3 to 4 - How Do You Change Motor Tuning Time

« on: May 12, 2020, 11:10:14 AM »

dmoore,

I really hate to say this but give it a break.
You can clearly see in the graphs the time it takes to accelerate, followed by a max feed followed by a decelerate.
The times are all there.
Who cares if the overall time is 1 sec or 5 sec?

Sorry to be a jerk on this.

Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: DRO Units Display scaling Issue

« on: May 08, 2020, 05:42:35 PM »

Good job.
Thanks for the information.

309

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Transferring to a replacement computer.

« on: April 27, 2020, 05:41:48 PM »

We use laptops with Windows 10.
Inexpensive and have the Ethernet port in them.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New limit/homing switch settings

« on: April 23, 2020, 11:21:33 AM »

You might have the x and y switched.
When it is looking for the y switch to be triggered the x is being triggered.