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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: woodspinner on August 18, 2012, 11:15:22 PM

Title: what version for a feed hold that works
Post by: woodspinner on August 18, 2012, 11:15:22 PM

I used to use an old version of mach, when I hit feedhold I could jog away and do whatever, then hit cycle start and it would do a preperatory move and wait for cycle start. after upgrading to Mach3 R3.043.022, i find it doesnt work anymore, no preperatory move, simply executes the next block.  Which version do i need to upgrade to where this is fixed? While I'm at it, which dev version are pretty stable?

John

Title: Re: what version for a feed hold that works
Post by: Hood on August 19, 2012, 03:32:26 AM

Should work fine with almost any version. Its maybe a config issue, if you attach your xml I will have a look.
Hood

Title: Re: what version for a feed hold that works
Post by: woodspinner on August 19, 2012, 08:58:34 AM

Here it is.

thanks for looking at it

John

Title: Re: what version for a feed hold that works
Post by: woodspinner on August 19, 2012, 11:13:34 AM

I wanted to say, I upgraded to Mach3 R3.043.062, and it seems to be fixed in this release.  How stable is it?

John

Title: Re: what version for a feed hold that works
Post by: Hood on August 19, 2012, 11:15:39 AM

 Just tried with your xml and its working fine. What version are you using and I will test with that.
Hood

Edit see you have just replied, 062 should be stable enough.

Title: Re: what version for a feed hold that works
Post by: woodspinner on August 19, 2012, 11:28:29 AM

I was using Mach3 R3.043.022 when I found the issue, I upgraded to Mach3 R3.043.062 and it was working again.

I had previously used Mach3 R3.043.062, and had it set to 35k kernel speed, the machine was unreliable so I quickly swapped to .022 and reset kernel speed to 25k that worked for a time but I think the problem was the computer and the xp installation that created most of my issues so yesterday I reinstalled xp with .022 and then thought better of it given my issues with the feed hold.  I just dont want to invest another several hours cutting only to have some new issue raise its ugly head.

John

Title: Re: what version for a feed hold that works
Post by: Hood on August 19, 2012, 04:08:05 PM

I use that version on one of the mills and it runs fine for me and has done for a good while so hopefully it will work fine for you.
Hood