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Mach Discussion => Mach Screens => Topic started by: tj1988 on April 20, 2011, 09:22:01 PM

Title: custom DRO that automatically updates its value
Post by: tj1988 on April 20, 2011, 09:22:01 PM

Hi,

I am struggling a bit with this and was unable to find anything on the forums. I want a DRO that displays the Z axis position minus a value that I program into another DRO. So my "code" would look something like this:

SetUserDRO(1200,GetOEMDRO(802)-GetUserDRO(1100)) ' sets 1200 user-defined DRO to Z-axis position - 1100 user-defined DRO

However, I would like it to automatically update my DRO and keep track of this value while Mach3 is running without me needing to press a button to run a VB script. Is this possible?

Thanks.

Title: Re: custom DRO that automatically updates its value
Post by: ger21 on April 20, 2011, 09:24:50 PM

Use the macropump. It tuns the VB code 10 times per second. I believe you just save the code as macropump.m1s and enable it in general config.

Title: Re: custom DRO that automatically updates its value
Post by: tj1988 on April 20, 2011, 09:53:54 PM

It worked (had to close and reopen mach3) Thank you for your prompt reply. Macropump is a very useful feature..