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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: learman on June 04, 2007, 01:04:30 PM

Title: G4 comand? time delay how to use?
Post by: learman on June 04, 2007, 01:04:30 PM
 

Thanks to anybody reading this post
The G4 comand is used to put in a time delay is your system but how do you designate or tell your program how long to pause for?

I aslo tryed calling it G04, Mach 3 didnt seem to care.

Thanks
Josh
Title: Re: G4 comand? time delay how to use?
Post by: wnevels on June 04, 2007, 01:22:57 PM
Manual says use G04 P? to set a dewll ? is the amount of dwell
never used it myself but thats what it says.  page 10.7.4

Wes
Title: Re: G4 comand? time delay how to use?
Post by: learman on June 04, 2007, 02:20:26 PM
G04 is the command but how to you tell it how long to dwell?
Title: Re: G4 comand? time delay how to use?
Post by: zealous on June 04, 2007, 02:47:33 PM
Sorry I was thinking dwell  ;D
Title: Re: G4 comand? time delay how to use?
Post by: zealous on June 04, 2007, 02:53:49 PM
G04 P1000       <------ Wait one second
Title: Re: G4 comand? time delay how to use?
Post by: wnevels on June 04, 2007, 02:58:35 PM
zealous depends on your settings thats either 1000 milliseconds or 1000 seconds
config>general confiig  then all the way over on the right side of the page(G04 Dwell in milliseconds)

Wes
Title: Re: G4 comand? time delay how to use?
Post by: zealous on June 04, 2007, 03:08:54 PM
Wes,
Cool thanks,
Just wondering what would be the usages to dwell in milliseconds?
What kind of operations use such fine tuning? Just wondering?

Title: Re: G4 comand? time delay how to use?
Post by: learman on June 04, 2007, 03:20:05 PM
Yes that works P1000 represents 1000 seconds 
thanks for all your help
Title: Re: G4 comand? time delay how to use?
Post by: wnevels on June 04, 2007, 03:21:10 PM
milliseconds imo is more of a mill operation, something like doing a plunge with a mill or drill bit to give it time to do a 360deg rotation prior to rapid out.
cleans the bottom of a blind hole.  If you are doing a 1000 of something .05 seconds less time starts to add up.  Time is money or something like that.
I don't program that tight but i'm sure somebody does.

Wes
Title: Re: G4 comand? time delay how to use?
Post by: zealous on June 04, 2007, 03:46:59 PM
Wes,
Thanks for the explanation,
"cleans the bottom of a blind hole" I can see how that can be very important.