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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Lathe Profile Randomly Closes Mach4

« on: February 03, 2021, 10:37:51 AM »

If you guys need me I will be throwing a party!   

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mouse MPG Module

« on: February 03, 2021, 10:19:29 AM »

Okay you asked for it! I guess it works as you would like. I made it so you can map it to an MPG in configure->controller MPG's . Set the MPG to the Keyboard/MouseWheel and one Click per , Acceleration to 100 Velocity at 100. Also it would be a good idea to enable it!

This will be taken down once we are done and it is in the release...

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: code conversion Mach 3 to Mach 4

« on: February 03, 2021, 09:00:11 AM »

Hello,
G91.1 is for Inc Arc center and you can select that (or ABS) under configure -> Control and the ArcCenter mode

Now as for your Gcode. I am going to on out on a limb and say you are running a lathe. I say that because your plane selection is in the XZ plane (G18). Mach4 has a full Lathe Gcode interpreter, mach3 has a hacked to sort of lathe interpreter . mach4 changes the Gcodes to match what you will see in a trade school on a lathe. If I had to guess G49 is the one that is giving you trouble I would also take the G90 out as INC ABS codes are not used anymore in turn. INC moves are done with the U and W. It's really cool you can move the X axis U.005 while you do a Z -1.0 and take a tapper out of a part that you machine may be putting in (mechanical issue ) . We do things like that all the time when we are ruining production.

Hope that helps and gives you a little insight as to why your seeing what you are.

Thanks
Brian

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Analog control

« on: February 03, 2021, 08:51:04 AM »

Put some steppers or closed loop steppers on and throw the old stuff in the trash. I have done the analog retro and only after dealing with old junk and problems did I come to the conclusion that changing the stuff is FAR cheaper in the end. You can use a Galil for anlaog but you know my thoughts on it

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 configuration manual

« on: February 03, 2021, 08:47:44 AM »

John,
The real issue is that we can solve the problems like 20 ways and depending on what your looking to do one will be better than the other. You take this one chunk at a time and we will get your machine doing things that seemed like magic days before . peoples attitude will limit them more than anything else and your seems very good so you will have a good time learning and building.

Thanks
Brian

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mouse MPG Module

« on: February 02, 2021, 08:07:46 PM »

I will post a link tomorrow

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mouse MPG Module

« on: February 02, 2021, 06:45:31 PM »

Update, I got the mouse wheel so I can  read it, the question is do you want the mouse wheel to keep being sent to the rest of windows or do you want me to stop the message propagation? In other words the mouse wheel will stop working in whatever you have selected. I can add a toggle as a key binding or as an output you can map. You asked for it lol

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 configuration manual

« on: February 02, 2021, 06:29:24 PM »

In the mach4 directory you will see a Profiles folder. In the profiles folder you will see the profile you are loading and in that you will see the Mcodes directory . Place the files in the Mcode directory. You can open the files with notpad if you like. You can see what I did if you like

We have video's and doc's, the issue is it is never what anyone wants to have! Now we are starting to get people telling me that we have to many docs! You simply can't win .

The sad fact is that CNC is not that simple if you want to have a custom machine. We really work to make the machines how the people want them. The people that build machines bundle the software with it so the users don't need to learn any of that. The other people want to play around with the software and bend the machine to do their bidding. I am from the 2nd camp I love making the machines do my bidding!

Hope that helps! Also the guys are doing support everyday and I am going to be on this section of the form helping . I get a kick out of helping now that I am not needed for as heavy a development.
Brian

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Lua Script and reading register's Help

« on: February 02, 2021, 06:20:23 PM »

yup that will be fine

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Lua Script and reading register's Help

« on: February 02, 2021, 05:18:41 PM »

You got it!