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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Jackal on May 25, 2020, 10:16:56 PM

Title: Need idea for timed oiler
Post by: Jackal on May 25, 2020, 10:16:56 PM

I haven't messed with my Mach 3 in a while.
There is an auto oiler, that is operated by a slow geared drive and contacts.
About every 20 minutes, it clicks on, and oils for 7 seconds????????
  I have an override button on the control panel that I hit during startup and when homing everything.

    Would I need to program a brain for something like that?
 Can you direct me to where I can find info on this.
Thanks a lot.

Title: Re: Need idea for timed oiler
Post by: Graham Waterworth on May 27, 2020, 08:22:04 PM

You can add code to the Macropump.m1s to turn it on and off.  Then you need to enable the macropump in config.

Title: Re: Need idea for timed oiler
Post by: Jackal on May 28, 2020, 10:22:03 AM

Ok. Thanks. Do you have a link where I can find out more info?
I'll start researching that now.
Thanks again

Title: Re: Need idea for timed oiler
Post by: Jackal on May 28, 2020, 10:56:21 AM

I just found some pump macros already written.
Thabks again