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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: TDAY on August 30, 2014, 09:34:49 PM
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Hello,
Got Mach4 now and am starting to mess around with it. The power of customizing a screen is very nice. :)
In the Keyboard Plugin can the axis jog buttons i assigned, have the Mode ( Continuous or Incremental) controlled by what Mode is selected in the Jogging Tab?
Thanks,
Troy
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I also just got Mach4 up a running and set up smoothstepper. I am trying to get the keyboard jog to work, I configured the Plugin but the button on the screen says "Keyboard Jog Off" and nothing I do will turn it on. I have the smoothstepper board disconnected does that matter? I have checked the Icons on the lower right to make sure the Keyboard input is not turned off. What am I missing?
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I also have some confusion about the keyboard jogging button, I can't seem to get it to do anything. I'm just trying out mach4 in Simulation mode atm. Any pointers on this 1 please?
Thanks
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The Keyboard Jog On/Off button is not functional yet. If the keyboard plugin is enabled and configured it is on. First, enable the Keyboard plugin . Then assign the jog inputs to the keyboard for device in Config/Mach/ Input signals, close Mach and reopen then configure your keys in the keyboard plugin (they must have a name. I just named them X+, X- etc.). Then close mach and reopen again. The jog keys you assigned should now work but you can only turn them off by disabling the plugin.
Brett
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I still cannot get the on screen jog or keyboard jog to work, the DROs do not change. I have configured the plugin and the input signals and restarted many times. Under Config Motors it will not let me enter any information for steps, counts velocity or any other field. Am I missing something is any of this working in the hobby version I have Version: 4.0.1.2157 Licensed Build: 2157. I did get it communicating with the smooth stepper board but that is all I have had any success with. I have read through the entire manual and watched all of the Mach4 videos but cannot figure how to get much setup. I see videos out there of people machining with Mach4, is this a selected group doing the Bata testing. Will my version move motors when I get it set up correctly?
Please Help
Mark
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have you selected motion device
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Yes my Ethernet Smoothstepper (ESS) board is checked as the motion devise and is active. I can run the roadrunner program and it makes the lights flash on the board. Jog does not do anything. Is their a ports and pins screen in Mach4?
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yea sort off you set all your settings on the ESS then map them in M4 Mach config its in the vids on youtube
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Thanks for responding, what is the specific video on how to map in Mach4. Do the videos on setting up Mach3 work for Mach4, or is it all differant?
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M4 is completely different from M3 its in the manual and the only vid`s I can think are the Darwin one yes its a different controller the mapping is the same thing for all controllers so far hoss had done some vid`s to just do a youtube search mach4 cnc
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My Keyboard Jog started working, not sure what I changed to fix it. I also found the ports and pins for the ESS it is under the I/O tab plugins ESS configure. I selected the I/O pins for my three motors for step and direction. When I go to Mach configure to map the output I can only map the direction and the drop down menu does not show a selection for the step pins. Still can not set the motors steps or other parameters. Help. Mark
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its in the motors page, under Mach config you don't set the motor port or pin in m4 you just enable or disable it on the motor map page its in the manual
all the setting need done on the ESS first once that's done you do a restart then map them in M4 its all in the Mach config page by page you just map enable set device what's under drop down click on column then click on input name it will all be there if you have set up the ess first and done a restart
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I am setting the port one and pins in ESS I/O configure for my motors step and direction. When is go to Mach Config to enable the outputs the drop dowe list does not include the motor step as an option to select. All others show up for motor direction and other outputs coolant. Are you saying that when I enable motor 1 for direction it also enables the step pin and I do not have to enable them separately?
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you don't set the motor pins in M4 you enable or disable it
under motors you tick what motor you are using then click on the motor number it brings up the motor tuning
under Mach config you set the motor with axis mapping under master you set motor number
you just have to make sure you have set the motor number in the ESS to what it will be in m4 config ie motor 0 is X. motor 1 is Y, motor 2 is Z, motor 3 is a
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I have a question that was asked on another thread last May but apparently never answered. I want to set up my Jog-it pendant. The setup and operation of the jog keys (X+, X-, etc) is straight forward and works well but the choice of functions to map keys to is limited to just those. Can the list of functions be expanded to include others such as jog mode, jog increment, reset, home, etc.?
Peter